Item talk:Q162608

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Mindat Short Description

Found as golden brown to dark brown crusts or masses composed of microscopic hexagonal plates; rarely as small crystals of variable morphologies (in slags blackish crystals often occur). May also be powdery, earthy, or ochreous.

May be confused with...

Geoscience Ontology Status Notes

Hillebrand W F, Penfield S L (1902) Some additions to the alunite-jarosite group of minerals, American Journal of Science 164, 211-220

IMA Formula (from Mindat)

Pb0.5Fe3+3(SO4)2(OH)6

RRUFF Formula (from Geoscience Ontology)

PbFe3+6(SO4)4(OH)12

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