Paralaurionite
Mineral PbCl(OH)
Take care.
- Contains lead: Wash your hands after handling it, keep it away from children, and don't make dust.
About it
Colourless to pale yellow blades of lead hydroxychloride, the monoclinic partner of laurionite, often on the same slag pieces from Lavrion, Greece.
- Type
- Mineral
- Group
- Halide
- Formula
- PbCl(OH)
- Hardness (Mohs)
- 2.5–3
- Specific gravity
- 6–6.2
- Streak
- white
- Lustre
- adamantine (diamond-like), pearly
- Crystal system
- Monoclinic
- Colours
- colourless, white, pale yellow
- Transparency
- transparent, translucent
- Cleavage and fracture
- perfect in one direction
Typical values: real specimens vary. For more, see mindat.org.