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General Plumbotellurite Information |
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 Chemical Formula: |
PbTe++++O3 | ||
| Composition: |
Molecular Weight = 382.80 gm | ||
| Tellurium 33.33 % Te 41.69 % TeO2 | |||
| Lead 54.13 % Pb 58.31 % PbO | |||
| Oxygen 12.54 % O | |||
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| 100.00 % 100.00 % = TOTAL OXIDE | |||
| Empirical Formula: |
Pb(TeO3) | ||
| Environment: |
Pseudomorphous after altaite. Dimorphous with fairbankite. | ||
| IMA Status: |
Approved IMA 1982 | ||
| Locality: |
Zhana-Tyube deposit, northern Kazakhstan. Link to MinDat.org Location Data. | ||
| Name Origin: |
Named for the composition (Pb, Te). | ||
| Name Pronunciation: |
Plumbotellurite + Pronunciation  |
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| Synonym: |
Dunhamite - plumbotellurite (?) | ||
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Plumbotellurite Crystallography |
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| Axial Ratios: |
a:b:c =0.613:1:0.6695 | ||
| Cell Dimensions: |
a = 8.423, b = 13.739, c = 9.199, Z = 12; V = 1,064.54 Den(Calc)= 7.16 | ||
| Crystal System: |
OrthorhombicSpace Group: Unk | ||
| X Ray Diffraction: |
By Intensity(I/Io): 3.17(1), 3.099(0.35), 3.21(0.32), | ||
Physical Properties of Plumbotellurite |
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| Cleavage: |
None | ||
| Color: |
Brown, Gray, Gray brown, Yellow gray. | ||
| Density: |
7.2 | ||
| Habit: |
Pseudomorphous - Occurs in the form of another mineral. | ||
| Hardness: |
2 - Gypsum | ||
| Streak: |
yellow gray | ||
Optical Properties of Plumbotellurite |
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| Gladstone-Dale: |
CI meas= -0.082 (Poor) - where the CI = (1-KPDmeas/KC) CI calc= -0.088 (Poor) - where the CI = (1-KPDcalc/KC) KPDcalc= 0.1755,KPDmeas= 0.1745,KC= 0.1614 Ncalc = 2.16 |
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| Optical Data: |
Biaxial (+), a=2.19, b=2.23, g=2.35, bire=0.1600, 2V(Calc)=64, 2V(Meas)=50. | ||
Calculated Properties of Plumbotellurite |
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| Electron Density: |
Bulk Density (Electron Density)=5.94 gm/cc note: Specific Gravity of Plumbotellurite =7.20 gm/cc. |
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| Fermion Index: |
Fermion Index = 0.14 Boson Index = 0.86 |
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| Photoelectric: |
PEPlumbotellurite =1,130.45 barns/electron U=PEPlumbotellurite x rElectron Density=6,718.93 barns/cc. |
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| Radioactivity: |
GRapi = 0 (Gamma Ray American Petroleum Institute Units) Plumbotellurite is Not Radioactive |
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Plumbotellurite Classification |
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| Dana Class: |
34.01.04.01 (34)Selenites - Tellurites - Sulfites | ||
| (34.01)as A++ XO3 | |||
| (34.01.04)Dana Group | |||
| Strunz Class: |
04.JK.55 04 - OXIDES (Hydroxides, V[5,6] vanadates, arsenites, antimonites, bismuthites, sulfites, selenites, tellurites, iodate | ||
| 04.J - Arsenites, Antimonites, Bismuthites, Sulfites, | |||
| 04.JK -Tellurites without additional anions, without H2O | |||
Other Plumbotellurite Information |
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| References: |
NAME( Dana8) PHYS. PROP.(Enc. of Minerals,2nd ed.,1990) OPTIC PROP.(Enc. of Minerals,2nd ed.,1990) | ||
| See Also: |
Links to other databases for Plumbotellurite : 1 - Am. Min. Crystal Structure Database 2 - Athena 3 - EUROmin Project 4 - Ecole des Mines de Paris 5 - GeoScienceWorld 6 - Google Images 7 - Google Scholar 8 - Handbook of Mineralogy (MinSocAm) 9 - Handbook of Mineralogy (UofA) 10 - MinDAT 11 - Mineralienatlas (Deutsch) 12 - Online Mineral Museum 13 - QUT Mineral Atlas 14 - Ruff.Info Search for Plumbotellurite using: Visit our Advertisers for Plumbotellurite : A Bijoux Google Search for PlumbotelluriteAdam's Minerals Google Search for Plumbotellurite Cape Minerals Google Search for Plumbotellurite Dakota Matrix Minerals Google Search for Plumbotellurite Excalibur Mineral Corp. Google Search for Plumbotellurite Exceptional Minerals Google Search for Plumbotellurite John Betts Fine Minerals Search for Plumbotellurite McDougall Minerals Google Search for Plumbotellurite Mineral News Website Link Rock and Mineral Shows Google Search for Plumbotellurite Weinrich Minerals, Inc. Google Search for Plumbotellurite Ask about Plumbotellurite here : Print or Cut-and-Paste your Plumbotellurite Specimen Label here :
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