Abstract: The chemistry and crystallography of type georgiadesite from Laurion, Greece, have been reexamined using electron microprobe analysis along with powder and single-crystal X-ray diffraction. Georgiadesite is monoclinic, P21/c, with a = 13.803(10), b = 7.910(2), c = 10.812(4) Å, and β = 102.68(3)°. No twinning was observed. The probable chemical formula is either Pb16(AsO4)4Cl14O2(OH)2 or Pb16(AsO4)4Cl14(OH)6. The calculated densities for these formulae are 6.39 and 6.44 g/cm3, respectively, compared to a measured value of 6.3 + 0.3 g/cm3.
Mineralogical Magazine; June 1983 v. 47; no. 343; p. 219-220; DOI: 10.1180/minmag.1983.047.343.12
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