Pseudoboleite
Mineral Pb31Cu24Cl62(OH)48
Take care.
- Contains lead: Wash your hands after handling it, keep it away from children, and don't make dust.
About it
Indigo-blue lead-copper chloride that grows on the faces of boleite cubes, much like cumengeite. From Santa Rosalía, Baja California Sur, Mexico.
- Type
- Mineral
- Group
- Halide
- Formula
- Pb31Cu24Cl62(OH)48
- Hardness (Mohs)
- 2.5
- Specific gravity
- 4.8–4.9
- Streak
- light blue
- Lustre
- vitreous (glassy), pearly
- Crystal system
- Tetragonal
- Colours
- indigo blue
- Transparency
- translucent
- Cleavage and fracture
- perfect basal
Typical values: real specimens vary. For more, see mindat.org.