Gratonite

Gratonite

Gratonite is a lead-arsenic sulfide mineral, with the chemical composition Pb9As4S15. Gratonite was discovered in 1939 at the Excelsior Mine, Cerro de Pasco, Peru. It is named in honor of geologist L. C. Graton (1880-1970), who had a long-standing association with the Cerro de Pasco mines.

References

* [http://rruff.geo.arizona.edu/doclib/hom/gratonite.pdf Mineral Data Publishing]
* [http://webmineral.com/data/Gratonite.shtml Webmineral]
* [http://www.mindat.org/min-1741.html Mindat]


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