Kintoreite

Formula:  PbFe3(PO4)2(OH,H2O)6

Origin of name:  After locality; Kintore open pit, New South Wales, Australia

 

Crystal system:  Hexagonal

Crystal class:  -3 2/m

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Colour:  Cream to yellowish green, brownish yellow

Diaphaneity:  Translucent

Luster:  Vitreous to adamantine, waxy

Habit:  Rhombohedral crystals to several millimeters in clusters and coatings, globular crusts

Hardness:  ~ 4

Specific gravity:  > 4.2

Cleavage:  1; {0001} good

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