Carminite
Mineral PbFe3+2(AsO4)2(OH)2
Take care.
- Contains lead: Wash your hands after handling it, keep it away from children, and don't make dust.
- Contains arsenic: Wash your hands after handling it, don't make dust, and never heat it.
About it
Carmine-red needles and sprays of lead-iron arsenate, notably from the Ojuela mine at Mapimí in Mexico and from Tsumeb in Namibia.
- Type
- Mineral
- Group
- Arsenate
- Formula
- PbFe3+2(AsO4)2(OH)2
- Hardness (Mohs)
- 3.5
- Streak
- reddish yellow
- Lustre
- vitreous (glassy), silky
- Crystal system
- Orthorhombic
- Colours
- carmine red, red-brown
- Transparency
- translucent
- Cleavage and fracture
- good in one direction
Typical values: real specimens vary. For more, see mindat.org.