About Stolzite
Lead tungstate, forming a series with wulfenite, often yellow or brown with an adamantine luster. It's a grounding stone that promotes balance, intuition, and spiritual integration.
Primary Hues
Yellow, Brown, Grey, Green, Red, Orange, often forms tabular or pyramidal crystals with adamantine luster
Geological & Scientific Details
Stolzite is classified as a tungstate minerals mineral which typically crystallizes in the tetragonal system. Its chemical formula is PbWO4. Common crystal habits include crystals dipyramidal to tabular.
Key Geological Properties:
- Mineral Category: Tungstate minerals
- Chemical Formula: PbWO4
- IMA Symbol: Sz[1]
- Crystal System: Tetragonal
- Predominant Geological Color: Reddish brown, brown, yellowish gray, smoky gray, straw-yellow, lemon-yellow; may be green, orange, red
- Crystal Habit: Crystals dipyramidal to tabular
- Cleavage: Imperfect on {001}, indistinct on {011}
- Luster: Resinous, subadamantine
- Streak: White
- Diaphaneity: Translucent to transparent
Associated Minerals
- Wulfenite
- Scheelite
- Wolframite
- Cassiterite
- Pyromorphite
- Cerussite