Erikjonssonite

erikjonssonite

hausmannite

glaucochroite

lead oxychloride

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Formula: (Pb32O21)[(V,Si,Mo,As)O4]4Cl9
Lead oxychloride, vanadium- molybdenum- and arsenic- bearing mineral
Crystal System: Monoclinic
Specific gravity: 7.967 calculated for the empirical formula
Hardness: 2½
Colour: Orange-red
Environments

Sedimentary environments
Hydrothermal environments

Erikjonssonite is a relatively new mineral, approved in 2018 and to date (March 2024) reported only from the type locality

Localities

The type locality for erikjonssonite, the Kombat Mine, Kombat, Otavi Constituency, Otjozondjupa Region, Namibia, is the type locality for 16 mineral species including several lead oxychloride minerals: kombatite, asisite, damaraite, vladkrivovichevite, hereroite, janchevite and erikjonssonite. Most of these minerals were discovered in late-stage zoned veins which are crosscutting the primary hausmannite ores.
Erikjonssonite is known only in a single specimen of hausmannite rock. It occurs as thick tabular, anhedral to subhedral orange-red grains up to 0.3 x 0.5 x 0.5 mm3 in a polymineral granular aggregate composed of hausmannite, calcite and glaucochroite, as well as accessory baryte, cerussite and an insufficiently studied lead oxychloride. The last-mentioned mineral forms yellow-orange anhedral grains up to 0.2 mm across and seems to be chemically close to the kombatite endmember. It differs from erikjonssonite in low contents of Si, Mo and As, as well as in lighter yellow-orange colour. No other lead oxychlorides were found in this association (EJM 31.3.619-628).

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