Clausthalite
| Clausthalite | ||
|---|---|---|
Specific gravity 7.6–8.8 | | |
| References | [2][3][4][5] | |
Clausthalite is a
selenide mineral, PbSe. It forms a solid solution series with galena
PbS.
Occurrence
It occurs in low-sulfur
hydrothermal deposits with other selenides and in mercury deposits. It is associated with tiemannite, klockmannite, berzelianite, umangite, gold, stibiopalladinite and uraninite.[3]
It was first described in 1832 and named for the discovery locality of Clausthal-Zellerfeld in the
See also
- Classification of minerals
- List of minerals
References
- S2CID 235729616.
- ^ Mineralienatlas
- ^ a b http://rruff.geo.arizona.edu/doclib/hom/clausthalite.pdf Handbook of Mineralogy
- ^ http://webmineral.com/data/Clausthalite.shtml Webmineral data
- ^ a b http://www.mindat.org/min-1061.html Mindat
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