Roymillerite[2] is a solid colorless transparent crystalline mineral. It has a non-trivial crystal structure.
Roymillerite | |
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General | |
Category | Mineral |
Formula (repeating unit) | Pb24Mg9(Si10O28)(CO3)10(BO3)(SiO4)(OH)13O5 |
IMA symbol | Roy[1] |
Crystal system | triclinic crystal system |
Space group | P1 |
Identification | |
Color | colorless, slightly pink |
Luster | vitreous |
Roymillerite was found in the Otavi Valley (Namibia). Named after geologist and mineralogist Roy McG. Miller.[3]
The sample is stored in the Swedish Museum of Natural History in Stockholm under the number 20080176.[4]