| Phosgenite
V - Carbonates |
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| Name | Phosgenite
(Horn Lead) |
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| Chemistry | Pb2[Cl2|CO3] | |
| Hardness | 2.5 - 3 | |
| Lustre | adamantine | |
| Colour | colourless, white, brown to yellow | |
| Streak | white | |
| Density [g/cm3] | 6.0 - 6.3 | |
| Crystal habit | tetragonal, crystals prismatic, tabular, weakly striated lengthwise | |
| Cleavage, Fracture | [110], [001] good , fracture conchoidal | |
| other characteristics and occurrences | alteration product of galena (PbS) by carbonated or chlorinated (sea water) waters | |