Nadorite

• Named after its type locality Djebel Nador, Constantine, Algeria
• Formula: PbSbO₂Cl
• Space group: Cmcm (No. 63)
• Crystal system: orthorhombic
• Crystal class: mmm
• Lattice parameters: a = 5.603 Å, b = 12.245 Å, c = 5.448 Å, α = β = γ = 90°

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Picture: Christian Rewitzer – CC-BY-SA-3.0

 

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Crystal structure (click on the picture to download the VESTA file):

(K. Momma and F. Izumi, “VESTA 3 for three-dimensional visualization of crystal, volumetric and morphology data,”J. Appl. Crystallogr., 44, 1272-1276 (2011).)

 

 

• PbO₄Cl₄ square antiprisms (gray)
• SbO₄ square pyramids (purple)
• Oxygen (red)
• Chlorine (green)

For a 3D interactive version on sketchfab, see here:

https://skfb.ly/6sErr

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