seeligerite
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Seeligerite is a rare complex lead chloride iodate mineral with formula: Pb3Cl3(IO3)O. It is a yellow mineral crystallizing in the orthorhombic system. It has perfect to good cleavage in two directions and a quite high specific gravity of 6.83 due to the lead content. It is translucent to transparent with refractive indices of nα=2.120 nβ=2.320 nγ=2.320.
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It is catalogued under topics including Iodate minerals, Lead minerals and Minerals in space group 20.
Its subject is documented across 8 Wikipedia language editions.
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- Official name
- Seeligerite
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- Nickel-Strunz 9th edition (updated 2009)
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- Nickel-Strunz '10th ed', review of (9th ed/ 2009 update)
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- Commons category
- Seeligerite
- IMA Mineral Symbol
- Sli
- chemical formula
- Pb₃(IO₄)Cl₃
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Seeligerite is a rare complex lead chloride iodate mineral with formula: Pb3Cl3(IO3)O. It is a yellow mineral crystallizing in the orthorhombic system. It has perfect to good cleavage in two directions and a quite high specific gravity of 6.83 due to the lead content. It is translucent to transparent with refractive indices of nα=2.120 nβ=2.320 nγ=2.320.
It was first reported in 1971 from the Casucha Mine, Sierra Gorda, Antofagasta Region, Chile.
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