Monimolite

Formula:  (Pb,Ca)3Sb2O8

Origin of name:  From Greek for stable

 

Crystal system:  Cubic

Crystal class:  Unknown

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Colour:  Yellow, orange-yellow, grayish green, dark brown

Diaphaneity:  Translucent to opaque

Luster:  Greasy to adamantine

Habit:  Crystals octahedral, rarely cubic

Hardness:  4.5 to 6

Specific gravity:  5.94 to 7.29

Cleavage:  1; {111} indistinct

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Streak:  Pale yellow to reddish brown

 

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