Clausthalite is a
lead selenide mineral, PbSe. It forms a
solid solution series with
galena
Galena, also called lead glance, is the natural mineral form of lead(II) sulfide (PbS). It is the most important ore of lead and an important source of silver.
Galena is one of the most abundant and widely distributed sulfide minerals. It cryst ...
PbS.
Occurrence
It occurs in low-sulfur
hydrothermal deposits with other selenides and in
mercury
Mercury commonly refers to:
* Mercury (planet), the nearest planet to the Sun
* Mercury (element), a metallic chemical element with the symbol Hg
* Mercury (mythology), a Roman god
Mercury or The Mercury may also refer to:
Companies
* Merc ...
deposits. It is associated with
tiemannite,
klockmannite,
berzelianite,
umangite,
gold,
stibiopalladinite and
uraninite.
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It was first described in 1832 and named for the discovery locality of Clausthal-Zellerfeld in the Harz Mountains, Germany.][
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See also
* Classification of minerals The classification of minerals is a process of determining to which of several groups minerals belong based on their chemical characteristics. Since the 1950s, this classification has been carried out by the International Mineralogical Association, ...
* List of minerals
References
Lead minerals
Selenide minerals
Galena group
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