Lanarkite
Mineral Pb2(SO4)O
Take care.
- Contains lead: Wash your hands after handling it, keep it away from children, and don't make dust.
About it
Slender, pale, very heavy blades in oxidized lead ore, much rarer than anglesite. Named for Lanarkshire in Scotland, where it was found at Leadhills.
- Type
- Mineral
- Group
- Sulfate, lead oxysulfate
- Formula
- Pb2(SO4)O
- Hardness (Mohs)
- 2–2.5
- Specific gravity
- 6.9–7
- Streak
- white
- Lustre
- adamantine (diamond-like), pearly
- Crystal system
- Monoclinic
- Colours
- white, pale grey, pale yellow, pale green
- Transparency
- transparent, translucent
- Cleavage and fracture
- perfect in one direction
Typical values: real specimens vary. For more, see mindat.org.