Litharge |
PbO |
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| Natural litharge - Tonopah-Belmont Mine Maricopa County, AZ. University of Cincinnati mineral collection. |
Litharge w masicot (greenish) and cerussite (white) Tonopah-Belmont Mine Maricopa County, AZ. |
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Pipe Scale - Utility 02 |
Scanning Electron Microscope image of utility 02 pipe (FEI XL 30 ESEM) |
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Roman-era water pipe, Pompeii. Red litharge overlain by white cerussite. |
Typical red color of litharge grown on a lead test coupon |
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Crystal System |
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Hardness |
Color |
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Tetragonal |
9.24 |
2 |
Red |
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Composition |
Formula weight = 223.20 g/mole |
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Pb |
92.83 % |
PbO |
100.00 % |
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O |
7.17 |
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Web resources: |
http://webmineral.com |
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From the Greek λιθάργνρος, the name given to a material obtained in the process of separating lead from silver by fire metallurgy.