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esperite

Esperite is a rare complex calcium lead zinc silicate (PbCa3Zn4(SiO4)4) related to beryllonite and trimerite that used to be called calcium larsenite.

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Mineral.name: Esperite
Mineral.category: Silicate mineral
Mineral.image: Esperite under UV light.jpg
Mineral.caption: Esperite under ultraviolet light
Mineral.formula: PbCa3Zn4(SiO4)4
Mineral.IMAsymbol: Epr
Mineral.strunz: 9.AB.15
Mineral.system: Monoclinic
Mineral.class: Prismatic (2/m) (same H-M symbol)
Mineral.symmetry: P21/m
Mineral.color: White
Mineral.habit: Typically massive
Mineral.cleavage: Distinct on [010] and [100] – poor on [101]
Mineral.fracture: Conchoidal, brittle
Mineral.mohs: 5–5.5
Mineral.luster: Vitreous
Mineral.refractive: nα = 1.762 nβ = 1.770 nγ = 1.774
Mineral.opticalprop: Biaxial (−), 2V measured: 5° to 40°

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Esperite is a rare complex calcium lead zinc silicate (PbCa3Zn4(SiO4)4) related to beryllonite and trimerite that used to be called calcium larsenite.

Esperite has a white, greasy appearance in daylight and is much prized for its brilliant yellow green fluorescence under shortwave ultraviolet light. It is found in association with calcite, franklinite, willemite, hardystonite and clinohedrite. It has also been found as prismatic crystals up to 1 mm in length at the El Dragon Mine, Potosi, Bolivia in association with allophane, chalcomenite, clinochalcomenite and barite.