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Raspite

Year of discovery: 1897 (Broken Hill mine, Australia), 1977 (Japan)

Locality list: A locality of raspite

• PbWO₄
• [Pb²⁺][WO₄]^2-

• Class: Tungstate
• Soluble in: HCl (Decompose)

• Polymorph: Stolzite (>410 degree, Tetragonal)

• Pb => Mn: Hübnerite (Hubnerite)
• Pb => Ca: Scheelite
• Pb => Zn: Sanmartinite
• Pb => Fe: Ferberite
• Pb => (BiO)2: Russellite

• WO₄ => MoO₄: Wulfenite

• Color: Pale yellow, Yellowish brown, Gray
• Streak: Pale yellow
• Luster: Adamantine
• Diaphaneity: Transparent

• Cleavage: Perfect on {100} (1 plane)
• Hardness: 2.5-3
• Density: 8.5

• System: Monoclinic
• Group: 2/m, P2₁/c
• Lattice: a=13.6, b=5.0, c=5.6, β=107.6