About Teallite
A lead tin sulfide, typically lead-grey and forming flexible foliated masses. It's associated with transformation, grounding, and understanding shadow aspects.
Primary Hues
Lead-Grey, Blackish-Grey, forms thin tabular crystals or foliated masses, flexible
Geological & Scientific Details
Teallite is classified as a sulfide minerals mineral which typically crystallizes in the orthorhombic system. Its chemical formula is PbSnS2.
Key Geological Properties:
- Mineral Category: Sulfide minerals
- Chemical Formula: PbSnS2
- IMA Symbol: Tel[1]
- Crystal System: Orthorhombic
- Predominant Geological Color: Silvery gray, lead-gray to iron-gray; tarnishes dull or iridescent
- Cleavage: {001} perfect (lamellar cleavage); flexible
- Luster: Metallic
- Streak: Black
- Diaphaneity: Opaque
Associated Minerals
- Franckeite
- Cylindrite
- Herzenbergite
- Stannite
- Cassiterite
- Galena
- Sphalerite