Iranite

Iranite (Persian: ایرانیت) is a triclinic lead copper chromate silicate mineral with formula Pb10Cu(CrO4)6(SiO4)2(F,OH)2.

[3] It occurs as an oxidation product of hydrothermal lead-bearing veins.

Associated minerals include dioptase, fornacite, wulfenite, mimetite, cerussite and diaboleite.

[2] It was first described in 1970 for an occurrence in the Sebarz Mine, northeast of Anarak, Iran.

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