About Phosgenite
Lead carbonate chloride, forming colorless to yellowish crystals with an adamantine luster, often fluorescent. It's associated with clarity, spiritual insight, and intuition.
Primary Hues
Colorless, White, Grey, Yellowish, Pinkish, Brownish, Greenish, often with adamantine luster, fluoresces yellow
Geological & Scientific Details
Phosgenite is classified as a carbonate minerals mineral which typically crystallizes in the tetragonal system. Its chemical formula is (PbCl)2CO3. Common crystal habits include short prismatic crystals, granular, massive.
Key Geological Properties:
- Mineral Category: Carbonate minerals
- Chemical Formula: (PbCl)2CO3
- IMA Symbol: Pho[1]
- Crystal System: Tetragonal
- Predominant Geological Color: Pale yellow to yellowish brown, pale brown, smoky brown, smoky violet, colorless, pale rose, gray, yellowish gray, pale green
- Crystal Habit: Short prismatic crystals, granular, massive
- Cleavage: Distinct on {001} and {110}, indistinct on {100}
- Luster: Adamantine
- Streak: White
- Diaphaneity: Transparent to translucent
Associated Minerals
- Anglesite
- Cerussite
- Matlockite
- Laurionite