Mineral Species
Parkinsonite
Type Locality
No
Composition
(Pb,Mo)8O8Cl2
Crystal System
Tetragonal
Status at Tsumeb
Believed valid
Abundance
Extremely rare
Distribution
Undetermined
Paragenesis
Supergene
Entry Number
Species; TSNB269
General Notes
Parkinsonite from Tsumeb was described by Belendorff (2006) from a single specimen labelled as "cuprite" acquired from an old German collection. The parkinsonite occurs as indistinct, orange-red crystals or rounded, translucent aggregates of crystals (to 1 mm), on cerussite with surface alteration to hydrocerussite. Associated minerals are brucite, calcite (two generations), dolomite, and wulfenite.
Belendorff (2006) proposed the following paragenetic sequence:
cerussite (w. hydrocerussite) >> wulfenite >> dolomite >> parkinsonite >> calcite(rhombohedral) >> brucite >> sepiolite >> calcite(scalenohedral).
Associated Minerals
brucite; calcite; cerussite; dolomite; hydrocerussite; mendipite (?); sepiolite; wulfenite
