Clausthalite

Clausthalite

Clausthalite

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Clausthalite is a lead selenide mineral, PbSe. It forms a solid solution series with galena PbS.

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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 Harz Mountains, Germany.[5]

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References

  1. [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.
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    Mineralienatlas
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    http://rruff.geo.arizona.edu/doclib/hom/clausthalite.pdf Handbook of Mineralogy
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    http://webmineral.com/data/Clausthalite.sdoc Webmineral data
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    http://www.mindat.org/min-1061.doc Mindat
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