Teallite

Summary

Teallite is a sulfide mineral of tin and lead with chemical formula: PbSnS2. It occurs in hydrothermal veins and is sometimes mined as an ore of tin. Teallite forms soft silvery grey mica-like plates and crystallizes in the orthorhombic system. The Mohs hardness is 1.5 to 2 and the specific gravity is 6.4.

Teallite
General
CategorySulfide minerals
Formula
(repeating unit)
PbSnS2
IMA symbolTel[1]
Strunz classification2.CD.05
Crystal systemOrthorhombic
Crystal classDipyramidal (mmm)
H-M symbol: (2/m 2/m 2/m)
Space groupPbnm (no. 62)
Unit cella = 4.26 Å, b = 11.41 Å
c = 4.09 Å; Z = 2
Identification
ColorSilvery gray, lead-gray to iron-gray; tarnishes dull or iridescent
Cleavage{001} perfect (lamellar cleavage); flexible
TenacityMalleable
Mohs scale hardness1+12 – 2
LusterMetallic
StreakBlack
DiaphaneityOpaque
Specific gravity6.36
Optical propertiesAnisotropic
PleochroismWeak
References[2][3]

Teallite was first described in 1904 from its type locality in Santa Rosa, Antequera, Bolivia. It was named for the British geologist Jethro Justinian Harris Teall (1849–1924).[4]

See also edit

References edit

  1. ^ Warr, L.N. (2021). "IMA–CNMNC approved mineral symbols". Mineralogical Magazine. 85 (3): 291–320. Bibcode:2021MinM...85..291W. doi:10.1180/mgm.2021.43. S2CID 235729616.
  2. ^ Mineralienatlas
  3. ^ Mindat with location data
  4. ^ Webmineral site

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