Zoisite-(Pb) (original) (raw)

Crystal System:

Orthorhombic

Class (H-M):

m m m _(_2/_m_2/_m_2/m ) - Dipyramidal

Cell Parameters:

a = 16.3978(6) Å, b = 5.5953(2) Å, c = 10.1953(3) Å

Ratio:

a:b:c = 2.931 : 1 : 1.822

Unit Cell V:

935.42 ų (Calculated from Unit Cell)

Morphology:

Subhedral prisms elongated on [010].

General Appearance of Type Material:

Pale pink subhedral prisms elongated on [010], up to 0.3 mm in size.

Place of Conservation of Type Material:

Mineralogical collections of the Museo di Storia Naturale, Università di Pisa, Via Roma 79, Calci (PI), Italy, catalogue number 19927.

Geological Setting of Type Material:

Metamorphosed manganese-iron oxide deposit.

Associated Minerals at Type Locality:

Reference:

Perchiazzi, Natale, Daniela Mauro, Pietro Vignola, Federica Zaccarini, and Knut Eldjarn. (2022) "Zoisite-(Pb), a New Orthorhombic Epidote-Related Mineral from the Jakobsberg Mine, Värmland, Sweden, and Its Relationships with Hancockite" Minerals 12, no. 1: 51. https://doi.org/10.3390/min12010051