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Raspite

raspite

PbWO4

Raspite mineral information and data

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Overview

Raspite is a mineral, a lead tungstate; with the formula PbWO4. It forms yellow to yellowish brown monoclinic crystals. It is the low temperature monoclinic dimorph of the tetragonal stolzite. It was discovered in 1897 at Broken Hill, New South Wales, Australia, it was named for Charles Rasp (1846–1907), German-Australian prospector, discoverer of the Broken Hill ore deposit.

Scientific references

  1. Raspite — Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3930415 Link
  2. Raspite — Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Raspite Link