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Baumhauerite Mineral Data

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General Baumhauerite Information

Help on Chemical  Formula: Chemical Formula: Pb3As4S9
Help on Composition: Composition: Molecular Weight = 1,209.88 gm
   Arsenic  24.77 %  As
   Lead     51.38 %  Pb
   Sulfur   23.85 %  S
           ______ 
           100.00 % 
Help on Empirical Formula: Empirical Formula: Pb3As4S9
Help on Environment: Environment: In sugary dolomite (Binntal, Switzerland).
Help on IMA Status: IMA Status: Approved IMA 1989
Help on Locality: Locality: Binnental, Valais, Switzerland. Link to MinDat.org Location Data.
Help on Name Origin: Name Origin: For Heinrich Adolph Baumhauer (1848-1926), German mineralogist and Professor, University of Fribourg, Switzerland.
Help on Name Pronunciation: Name Pronunciation: Baumhauerite + Pronunciation Say BAUMHAUERITE
Help on Synonym: Synonym: Guitermanite
  ICSD 18123
  IMA1988-061
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