Pseudoboleite (original) (raw)

Comment:

Pearly on cleavages.

Colour:

Indigo blue, green-blue

Cleavage:

Perfect
Perfect on {001}, nearly perfect on {101}

Density:

4.85 g/cm3 (Measured) 5.07 g/cm3 (Calculated)

Crystal System:

Tetragonal

Class (H-M):

4/m m m _(_4/_m_2/_m_2/m ) - Ditetragonal Dipyramidal

Cell Parameters:

a = 15.24(2) Å, c = 30.74(5) Å

Unit Cell V:

7,139.60 ų (Calculated from Unit Cell)

Morphology:

Rarely single crystals (pseudo-cubic, thick tabular). Commonly epitaxial overgrowths on boleite with mutually parallel {001}.

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ID Species Reference Link Year Locality Pressure (GPa) Temp (K)
0014859 Pseudoboleite Giuseppetti G, Mazzi F, Tadini C (1992) The crystal structure of pseudoboleite: Pb31Cu24Cl62(OH)48; its relations with the structures of boleite and cumengeite Neues Jahrbuch fur Mineralogie, Monatshefte 1992 113-126 1992 Boleo, Baja California, Mexico 0 293

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All localities listed without proper references should be considered as questionable.

Austria
Carinthia Sankt Veit an der Glan District Guttaring Waitschach Slag localities abstract in Mitt. Österr. Mineral. ... +2 other references
Chile
Antofagasta Antofagasta Province Antofagasta Capricornio vein system Arfè et al. (2016)
Sierra Gorda Caracoles mining district Caracoles Beatriz Mine Mineralogical Society of America - ...
La Poderosa Mine Collected by Terry Szenic and in the ...
Margarita Mine maurizio dini collection - analysed ...
Santa Catalina Mine Mr. Terry Szenics.
La Compañia Mine Demetrius Pohl identified AMNH 1985 +2 other references
Rosario mine Rob Lavinky samples +1 other reference
Tarapacá Iquique Province Santa Rosa-Huantajaya mining district (Huantajaya mining district) Santa Rosa Mine SEM-EDS by Joy Desor
Tamarugal Province Pozo Almonte Cerro Challacollo Lolón Main Mine maurzi +1 other reference
France
Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes Loire Roanne Le Crozet Les Rats Mine slag dumps Chollet et al. (2013)
Germany
Lower Saxony Goslar District Langelsheim Astfeld Herzog Julius smelter slag locality
Greece
Attica East Attica Lavreotiki Lavrion Mining District Km 3 Kaminiza mines Esperanza Mine
Sounion Cato Sounio mines Sounion Mine No. 19 Rieck et al. (1999) +2 other references
Lavrion slag localities 40 (in German) +1 other reference
Agios Nikolaos Cove slag locality Fritz Schreiber collection (SXRD-analysed by Uwe Kolitsch)
Harakas Cove slag locality Kolitsch et al. (2014)
Sounion Cove slag locality ? Ko Jansen
Thorikos Bay slag locality Gelaude et al. (1996)
Vrissaki Point slag locality Pascal Chollet collection (visual ID by Uwe Kolitsch, by comparison to SXRD-analysed specimens)
Iran
Isfahan Province Nain County Anarak District Chah Khouni Mine Bariand
Italy
Lazio Metropolitan City of Rome Capital Anzio Tor Caldara slag locality Marco Bonifazi collection (typical twinning)
Liguria Genoa Genoa Varenna Valley Carpenara slag locality Rivista Mineralogica Italiana (3)
Sardinia Sassari Province Sassari Argentiera Mine (Argentiera della Nurra Mine) Ara D. et al. (2013)
South Sardinia Province Nuxis Monte Tamara mining area San Pietro Mine Lecca G.C. et al. (2022)
Villaputzu Baccu Locci Mine Campostrini et al. (1999) +1 other reference
Tuscany Grosseto Province Massa Marittima Bruscoline (Serrabottini North) Bazzoni et al. (2014)
Livorno Province Piombino Baratti slag locality Franzini et al. (1992)
Mexico (TL)
Baja California Sur Mulegé Municipality Santa Rosalía Boleo District (TL) Bull. Mus. d'Hist. Nat. Paris (1889) +2 other references
Arroyo de la Soledad Amelia Mine 2009 New Mexico Mineral Symposium ...
Arroyo del Boleo Curuglu Mine Panczner (1987)
Norway
Nordland Narvik Hundholmen Husdal (2020)
Spain
Catalonia Girona Ribes de Freser Vall de Ribes mining district San Miguel Mine (Maura prospect) Pedro Mingueza et al. (2022) +1 other reference
UK
England Cornwall Crantock The Gannel Smelter slag locality BMS Newsletter 79 (http://britishmicromountsociety.homestead.com/Gannell-Smelter.html)
Newquay Tolcarne Beach Golley et al. (1995)
Tywardreath and Par Par Smelter (Slag Locality) Peter Trebilcock Collection.
Scotland Dumfries and Galloway Wanlockhead Meadowfoot Smelter slag locality Rust (2022)
USA
Arizona Maricopa County Painted Rock Mountains Painted Rock Mining District Theba Rowley Mine Michael Cline Collection
Pima County Sierrita Mountains Pima Mining District (Olive Mining District; Mineral Hill Mining District; Twin Buttes Mining District) San Xavier Mission complex Mineral Hill Mineral Hill Mines (Azurite group; Old Azurite Mine; Copper Glance Mine) Daisy Mine (Daisy shaft) Williams (1961) +1 other reference
Pinal County Mammoth Mining District Tiger St. Anthony deposit Mammoth-Saint Anthony Mine Palache (1941) +2 other references
California San Bernardino County Silver Lake Mining District Soda Mountains Baker Otto Mountain Bird Nest E3 PXRD analyzed by Tony Kampf.
New Mexico Hidalgo County Pyramid Mountains Lordsburg Mining District Lordsburg Virginia District Atwood-Henry Clay Mine (Alamo Mine) Jerry Cone Collection
Washington Pierce County Tacoma ASARCO Smelter Site slag locality Washington Geology