Title
plumbojarosite
Composition
Pb0.5Fe3+3(SO4)2(OH)6
Crystal System
Trigonal
Status at Tsumeb
Believed valid
Abundance
Very rare
Distribution
First and second oxidation zones.
Paragenesis
Supergene.
Type Locality
No
Entry Type
Species TSNB282
General Notes
Plumbojarosite was first recognised and reported from the first oxidation zone, as a component of the type assemblage for fleischerite, where it presents as yellow-brown crystals intergrown with mimetite (Frondel and Strunz 1960).
Keller (1984) noted that plumbojarosite also occurs rarely with the lead silicate (alamosite) paragenesis in the second oxidation zone.
Associated Minerals
alamosite; fleischerite; itoite (?); melanotekite; mimetite
