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Kintoreite

Year of discovery: 1992 (Broken Hill, Australia), 1996 (Japan)

Locality list: 3 localities of kintoreite

• PbFe₃(PO₄)₂(OH)₅,H₂O
• [Pb²⁺][Fe³⁺₃][(OH)₆|PO₄|HPO₄]^11-

• Class: Plumbogummite group < Alunite supergroup
• Class: Phosphate - Hydroxide - Hydrate

• Polymorph: Pattersonite (Triclinic)

• Pb => Sr: Benauite

• Fe => Al: Plumbogummite
• Fe => Ga: Galloplumbogummite

• PO₄ => AsO₄: Segnitite (Series)

• HPO₄ => SO₄: Corkite (Series)

• Color: Yellowish green, Yellowish brown
• Streak: Pale yellowish green
• Luster: Vitreous
• Diaphaneity: Transparent-Translucent

• Cleavage: Good on {001} (1 plane)
• Hardness: 4
• Density: 4.3

• System: Trigonal (1c, 2c) (Unit-cell polytype)
• Group: (-3)m, R(-3)m
• Lattice: a=7.3, c=16.8