[New Updates] [Gallery 1] [Gallery 2] [Gallery 3] [Rock Shop Gallery] Serving the mineral collector and educator community since 1970 Over 900,000 mineral specimens in stock New minerals acquired weekly - Wright's Rock Shop General Perite InformationPbBiO2Cl |
Molecular Weight = 483.63 gm |
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Bismuth 43.21 % Bi 48.17 % Bi2O3 |
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Lead 42.84 % Pb 46.15 % PbO |
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Chlorine 7.33 % Cl 7.33 % Cl |
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Cl -1.65 % -O=Cl2 |
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Oxygen 6.62 % O |
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100.00 % 100.00 % = TOTAL OXIDE |
PbBiO2Cl |
Fissures in skarn in a metamorphosed Fe-Mn deposit. |
Approved IMA 1960 |
Langban, V¨armland, Sweden. Link to MinDat.org Location Data. |
Named for Per Adolf Geijer (1886-1976), Swedish economic geologist with the Geological Survey of Sweden. |
Perite |
ICSD 31860 |
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PDF 13-352 |
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Perite Crystallographya:b:c =1.0093:1:2.2286 |
a = 5.627, b = 5.575, c = 12.425, Z = 4; V = 389.78 Den(Calc)= 8.24 |
Orthorhombic - DipyramidalH-M Symbol (2/m 2/m 2/m) Space Group: Bmmb |
By Intensity(I/Io): 2.86(1), 1.62(0.9), 3.77(0.8), |
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| Physical Properties of Perite{???} Good |
Brownish yellow, Yellow, Sulfur yellow. |
8.16 |
Translucent |
3 - Calcite |
Adamantine |
yellow |
| Optical Properties of PeriteCI meas= -0.045 (Good) - where the CI = (1-KPDmeas/KC) |
CI calc= -0.035 (Excellent) - where the CI = (1-KPDcalc/KC) KPDcalc= 0.1638,KPDmeas= 0.1654,KC= 0.1582 Ncalc = 2.29 - 2.3 Biaxial (+), b=2.35 |
| Calculated Properties of PeriteBulk Density (Electron Density)=6.75 gm/cc |
note: Specific Gravity of Perite =8.24 gm/cc. Fermion Index = 0.09 |
Boson Index = 0.91 PEPerite =1,653.05 barns/electron |
U=PEPerite x rElectron Density=11153.05 barns/cc. GRapi = 0 (Gamma Ray American Petroleum Institute Units) |
Perite is Not Radioactive | Perite Classification10.02.05.01 (10)Oxyhalides and Hydroxyhalides |
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(10.02)where A (O,OH) Xq |
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(10.02.05)Perite Series |
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03.DC.30 03 - HALIDES |
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03.D - Oxyhalides, Hydroxyhalides and Related Double Halides |
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03.DC -With Pb (As,Sb,Bi), without Cu |
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| Other Perite InformationNAME( AntBidBlaNic3) PHYS. PROP.(Enc. of Minerals,2nd ed.,1990) OPTIC PROP.(Enc. of Minerals,2nd ed.,1990) |
Links to other databases for Perite : |
1 - Am. Min. Crystal Structure Database 2 - Athena 3 - EUROmin Project 4 - Ecole des Mines de Paris 5 - Google Images 6 - Google Scholar 7 - Handbook of Mineralogy (MinSocAm) 8 - Handbook of Mineralogy (UofA) 9 - MinDAT 10 - MinMax(Deutsch) 11 - MinMax(English) 12 - Mineralienatlas (Deutsch) 13 - QUT Mineral Atlas 14 - Ruff.Info 15 - WWW-MINCRYST Search for Perite using: Visit our Advertisers for Perite : AA Mineral SpecimensB & L Fine Minerals Crystalarium.com Dan Weinrich Fine Minerals Dan Weinrich Auctions Dakota Matrix Desert Winds Gems and Minerals Excalibur Minerals Exceptional Minerals Fabre Minerals Heliodor John Betts Fine Minerals Mason's Minerals Mineral News Mineral of the Month Club Wrights Rock Shop Translate Perite Mineral Data : Ask about Perite here : Print or Cut-and-Paste your Perite Specimen Label here :
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