Lautenthalite is a mineral that was named after its location, Lautenthal, Harz mountains, Germany.

Depending on which angle the mineral is inspected, the color of it differs.

[3] It forms small singular crystals with a size of up to 0.5 × 0.3 × 0.03 mm.

[4] Lautenthalite forms during the oxidation of copper, lead and zinc sulphides.

[3] It mostly consists of oxygen (33.60%), copper (31.40%) and lead (25.59%), but also contains sulfur (7.92%) and hydrogen (1.49%).