Mineralpedia Details for Perite
Perite
Swedish economic geologist at the Geological Survey of Sweden Per Adolf Geijer holds the namesake of Perite. A rare mineral at few localities, some of which include Sweden, Greece, the United States, and Australia. At its type locality at Långban in Sweden, Perite can be found “in fissures in skarn in a metamorphosed Fe-Mn deposit,” while at other localities it is found in oxidized base-metal deposits which are bismuth-rich.
Ref. Handbook of Mineralogy, Anthony et al (1995) and MSA at http://www.handbookofmineralogy.org/pdfs/perite.pdf
- Formula
- PbBiO2Cl
- Crystal System
- Orthorhombic
- Cleavage
- Good, None, None
- Luster
- Adamantine
- Color
- brownish yellow, yellow, sulfur yellow
- Streak
- yellow
- Class
- Orthorhombic - Dipyramidal
- Hardness
- 3
- WebMineral
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Perite from Viente Cinco vein, Magallanes, Region II, Chile
Orange to yellow platy crystals to 0.3mm throughout vuggy matrix.
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Perite from Blue Bell mine, San Bernardino Co., California, United States
Minute platy aggregates of yellow crystals in 8mm long area.
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