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Petitjeanite

• Bi₃(PO₄)₂O(OH)
• [Bi³⁺₃][OH|O|(PO₄)₂]^9-

• Class: Phosphate - Oxide - Hydroxide

• PO₄ => AsO₄: Preisingerite (Series)
• PO₄ => VO₄: Schumacherite (Series)

• Color: Brown, White
• Streak: White
• Luster: Vitreous
• Diaphaneity: Transparent-Translucent

• Cleavage: No
• Hardness: 4.5

• System: Triclinic
• Group: 1, P1
• Lattice: a=9.8, b=7.3, c=6.9, α=88.3, β=125.3, γ=110.7