Mineralpedia Details for Gartrellite
Gartrellite
Named for Blair J. Gartrell, an Australian mineral collector who discovered the mineral. It is a rare mineral that occurs in oxidized and mineralized shear zones that cut greywacke and shale at one of its Australian localities at the Anticline prospect, and on fine grained quartz-spessartine rocks at another Australian locality at Broken Hill. Other localities for Gartrellite include in Germany, Namibia, the United States, and a few others.
Ref. Handbook of Mineralogy, Anthony et al (1995) and MSA at http://www.handbookofmineralogy.org/pdfs/gartrellite.pdf
- Formula
- PbCuFe3+(AsO4)2(OH)·H2O
- Crystal System
- Triclinic
- Crystal Habit
- Encrustations
- Luster
- Earthy (Dull)
- Color
- greenish yellow, yellow
- Streak
- yellow
- Class
- Triclinic
- Fracture
- Friable
- Hardness
- 1-2
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Gartrellite from Les Montmins, Echassieres, Allier, France
Light green crusts in vuggy matrix.
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Gartrellite from San Rafael mine, Nye Co., Nevada, United States
Lime green fine crystals less than 1mm in pockets with dark brown minor Beudantite. This is a new find for San Rafael.
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