Schultenite

Formula: PbHAsO4

Origin of name: for Audust de Schulten, Finnish chemist

 

Crystal system: monoclinic

Crystal class: 2/m

Twinning: fishtail

Unit cell: a = 5.84 Å, b = 6.75 Å, c = 4.86 Å, b = 95.4°

 

Colour: colourless

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Luster: vitreous, brilliant

Habit: crystals flattened, generally have rhombohedral outline and resemble gypsum, faces striated

Hardness: 2.5

Specific gravity: 5.94

Cleavage: 1; {010} good

Tenacity: brittle

Streak: white

 

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