Species / Sulfides and sulfosalts / #0130

Altaite

Sulfides and sulfosalts cubic #0130

Altaite is a mineral species described as rocksalt group, sulfide mineral. It is classified under the Nickel-Strunz scheme and its reference data is listed below.

Formula	PbTe
Strunz code	2.CD.10
Class	Sulfides and sulfosalts
Crystal system	cubic
Type locality	Second Zavodinskii mine
Named after	Altai
Streak	black

Altaite specimen — Photo: Dave Dyet http://www.shutterstone.com http://www.dyet.com — Public domain · Wikimedia Commons

Composition

61.89%

38.11%

Molar mass 334.8 g/mol

Physical

Mohs

Density

7.943 g/cm³