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daliranite
Daliranite is a sulfosalt found in northwestern Iran with a general chemical formula of PbHgAs2S5. The mineral presents a vibrant orange-red color and fibrous habit which makes it resemble the oxide being confused by its similarities in early studies. Named after Dr. Farahnaz Daliran, who has important contributions to research on ore deposits in Iran, this mineral was accepted by the International Mineralogical Association (IMA) in 2007.
pinalite
Pinalite is a rare lead tungstate–chloride mineral with formula: Pb3WO5Cl2.
tlapallite
Tlapallite is a rare and complex tellurate mineral with the chemical formula . It has a Moh's hardness of 3 and it is green in colour. It was named after the Nahua word "Tlalpalli", which translates to paint, referring to the paint-like habit of the mineral. Its formula and crystal structure were redefined in 2019, showing it contained a mixed-valence phyllotellurate layer .
lislkirchnerite
Lislkirchnerite is a rare nitrate mineral with the formula Pb6Al(OH)8Cl2(NO3)5•2H2O. It was discovered in Nueva Esperanza No. 1 mine within the Capillitas deposit, Catamarca, Argentina.
tsugaruite
Tsugaruite is a sulfosalt mineral with the chemical formula . It was first discovered in 1997 in a thin baryte veinlet at the Yunosawa mine in Ikarigaseki, Aomori. In 1998, the International Mineralogical Association approved it as a new mineral species. The mineral was named for its type locality's location in Japan's Tsugaru Peninsula.
mendipite
Mendipite is a rare mineral that was named for the locality where it is found, the Mendip Hills in Somerset, England. It is an oxyhalide of lead with formula Pb3Cl2O2.
wiklundite
Wiklundite is a rare and complex arsenate arsenite-silicate mineral with the chemical formula . The mineral characterizes in a large c unit cell parameter. It was found in Långban, Sweden - a home for many rare and exotic minerals.
scotlandite
Scotlandite is a sulfite mineral first discovered in a mine at Leadhills in South Lanarkshire, Scotland, an area known to mineralogists and geologists for its wide range of different mineral species found in the veins that lie deep in the mine shafts. This specific mineral is found in the Susanna vein of Leadhills, where the crystals are formed as chisel-shaped or bladed. Scotlandite was actually the first naturally occurring sulfite, which has the ideal chemical formula of PbSO3. The mineral has been approved by the Commission on New Minerals and Mineral Names, IMA, to be named scotlandite fo