nadorite
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Nadorite is a mineral with the chemical formula PbSbO2Cl. It crystallizes in the orthorhombic crystal system and is brown, brownish-yellow or yellow in color, with a white or yellowish-white streak.
Key facts
- Mineral.name
- Nadorite
- Mineral.category
- Halide mineral
- Mineral.image
- Nadorite-160239.jpg
- Mineral.formula
- PbSbO2Cl
- Mineral.IMAsymbol
- Nad
- Mineral.strunz
- 3.DC.30
- Mineral.system
- Orthorhombic
- Mineral.class
- Dipyramidal (mmm) H-M Symbol: (2/m 2/m 2/m)
- Mineral.symmetry
- Bmmb
- Mineral.color
- Brown, brownish-yellow, yellow
- Mineral.twinning
- On {101}, nearly perpendicular (91°45'), common
- Mineral.cleavage
- On {010}, perfect
- Mineral.fracture
- Uneven
- Mineral.mohs
- - 4
- Mineral.luster
- Adamantine, Resinous
- Mineral.refractive
- nα = 2.300 nβ = 2.340 - 2.350 nγ = 2.360 - 2.400
- Mineral.birefringence
- δ = 0.060 - 0.100
- Mineral.dispersion
- Strong
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Wikidata facts
- Image
- Nadorite-160239.jpg
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- Nickel-Strunz 9th edition (updated 2009)
- 3.DC.30
- Nickel-Strunz '10th ed', review of (9th ed/ 2009 update)
- 3.DC.30
- Commons category
- Nadorite
- chemical formula
- PbSb³⁺O₂Cl
- crystal system
- orthorhombic crystal system
- IMA Mineral Symbol
- Nad
- Strunz 8th edition (series ID, updated)
- III/C.06
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{{Infobox mineral | name = Nadorite | category = Halide mineral | boxwidth = | boxbgcolor = | image = Nadorite-160239.jpg | imagesize = | caption = | formula = PbSbO2Cl | IMAsymbol = Nad | molweight = | strunz = 3.DC.30 | system = Orthorhombic | class = Dipyramidal (mmm) H-M Symbol: (2/m 2/m 2/m) | symmetry = Bmmb | color = Brown, brownish-yellow, yellow | habit = | twinning = On {101}, nearly perpendicular (91°45'), common | cleavage = On {010}, perfect | fracture = Uneven | tenacity = | mohs = - 4 | luster = Adamantine, Resinous | polish = | refractive = nα = 2.300 nβ = 2.340 - 2.350 nγ = 2.360 - 2.400 | opticalprop = | birefringence = δ = 0.060 - 0.100 | dispersion = Strong | pleochroism = | fluorescence= | absorption = | streak = White, yellow to yellowish white | gravity = | density = 7 | melt = | fusibility = | diagnostic = | solubility = | diaphaneity = Translucent | alteration = To cerussite | other = | references = }} Nadorite is a mineral with the chemical formula PbSbO2Cl. It crystallizes in the orthorhombic crystal system and is brown, brownish-yellow or yellow in color, with a white or yellowish-white streak.
Nadorite is named after Djebel Nador in Hammam N'Bail, Algeria, where it was first identified in 1870.
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