Raspite
Mineral PbWO4
Take care.
- Contains lead: Wash your hands after handling it, keep it away from children, and don't make dust.
About it
The monoclinic form of lead tungstate, the same formula as stolzite but in flat, elongated tablets. Rare; best known from Broken Hill in New South Wales, where it was named for Charles Rasp.
- Type
- Mineral
- Group
- Tungstate
- Formula
- PbWO4
- Hardness (Mohs)
- 2.5–3
- Specific gravity
- 8.4–8.5
- Streak
- white
- Lustre
- adamantine (diamond-like)
- Crystal system
- Monoclinic
- Colours
- yellow, yellowish brown, grey
- Transparency
- transparent, translucent
- Cleavage and fracture
- perfect in one direction
Typical values: real specimens vary. For more, see mindat.org.