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Raspite is a mineral, a lead tungstate; with the formula PbWO4. It forms yellow to yellowish brown monoclinic crystals. It is the low temperature monoclinic dimorph of the tetragonal stolzite.

Key facts

Mineral.name
Raspite
Mineral.image
Raspite-130810.jpg
Mineral.imagesize
260px
Mineral.category
Oxide minerals
Mineral.formula
PbWO4
Mineral.IMAsymbol
Rsp
Mineral.strunz
4.DG.20
Mineral.system
Monoclinic
Mineral.class
Prismatic (2/m) (same H-M symbol)
Mineral.symmetry
P21/b
Mineral.colour
Light yellow, yellowish brown, grey
Mineral.habit
Tabular (may have striations), elongate
Mineral.cleavage
Perfect {100}
Mineral.mohs
2.5–3
Mineral.luster
Adamantine
Mineral.solubility
Decomposes in HCl

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Raspite is a mineral, a lead tungstate; with the formula PbWO4. It forms yellow to yellowish brown monoclinic crystals. It is the low temperature monoclinic dimorph of the tetragonal stolzite.

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “raspite” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.