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Susannite

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Frongoch Mine (Bron-y-Goch Mine; Llawynwnwch Mine), Pontrhydygroes, Upper Llanfihangell-y-Creuddyn, Ceredigion (Dyfed; Cardiganshire), Wales, UK
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Formula:
Pb
 
4
SO
 
4
(CO
 
3
)
 
2
(OH)
 
2
System:TrigonalColour:Colourless to greenish ...
Lustre:AdamantineHardness:2½ - 3
Name:Named after the type locality, the Susanna Mine, Leadhills, Scotland.
Polymorph of:Leadhillite, Macphersonite


The trigonal dimorph of leadhillite.

A mineral closely related to leadhillite and macphersonite. Tabular forms of susannite are easily confused with leadhillite.

Heating leadhillite causes it to reversibly transform into susannite (Bindi & Menchetti, 2005).

Classification of Susannite

IMA status:Valid - first described prior to 1959 (pre-IMA) - "Grandfathered"
Strunz 8th edition ID:6/B.13-70
Nickel-Strunz 10th (pending) edition ID:5.BF.40

5 : CARBONATES (NITRATES)
B : Carbonates with additional anions, without H2O
F : With (Cl), SO4, PO4, TeO3
Dana 8th edition ID:17.1.3.1

17 : COMPOUND CARBONATES
1 : Miscellaneous
Hey's CIM Ref.:12.2.13

12 : Carbonates with other anions
2 : Carbonates with sulphate
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Type Occurrence of Susannite

Type Locality:Susanna Mine (Glennery Scar Vein; Susanna Vein (Scar Vein); Portobello Vein; Humby Vein; Lead Vein), Leadhills, South Lanarkshire, Strathclyde (Lanarkshire), Scotland, UK
Year of Discovery:1827

Occurrences of Susannite

Geological Setting:Secondary mineral in oxidized zones of hydrothermal lead deposits formed above 80 degrees C.

Physical Properties of Susannite

Lustre:Adamantine
Diaphaneity (Transparency):Transparent, Translucent
Colour:Colourless to greenish or yellowish
Hardness (Mohs):2½ - 3
Density (calculated):6.52 g/cm3

Crystallography of Susannite

Crystal System:Trigonal
Class (H-M):3 - Pyramidal
Space Group:P3
Cell Parameters:a = 9.07Å, c = 11.57Å
Ratio:a:c = 1 : 1.276
Unit Cell Volume:V 824.62 ų
Z:3
Morphology:Thin hexagonal plates.

Optical Data of Susannite

Type:Uniaxial
Comments:Anomalously biaxial

Chemical Properties of Susannite

Formula:
Pb
 
4
SO
 
4
(CO
 
3
)
 
2
(OH)
 
2
Essential elements:C, H, O, Pb, S
All elements listed in formula:C, H, O, Pb, S

Relationship of Susannite to other Species

Related Minerals - Nickel-Strunz Grouping):

- +
5.BF.05Ferrotychite
Na
 
6
(Fe,Mn,Mg)
 
2
SO
 
4
(CO
 
3
)
 
4
5.BF.05Manganotychite
Na
 
6
Mn
 
2
SO
 
4
(CO
 
3
)
 
4
5.BF.05Northupite
Na
 
3
Mg(CO
 
3
)
 
2
Cl
5.BF.05Tychite
Na
 
6
Mg
 
2
SO
 
4
(CO
 
3
)
 
4
5.BF.10Bonshtedtite
Na
 
3
Fe
2+
 
[PO
 
4
|CO
 
3
]
5.BF.10Bradleyite
Na
 
3
Mg[PO
 
4
|CO
 
3
]
5.BF.10Crawfordite
Na
 
3
Sr[PO
 
4
|CO
 
3
]
5.BF.10Sidorenkite
Na
 
3
Mn
2+
 
[PO
 
4
|CO
 
3
]
5.BF.15Daqingshanite-(Ce)
(Sr,Ca,Ba)
 
2
(Ce,La)PO
 
4
(CO
 
3
,OH,F)
 
3
5.BF.20Reederite-(Y)
Na
 
15
Y
 
2
[Cl|SO
 
3
F|(CO
 
3
)
 
9
]
5.BF.25Mineevite-(Y)
Na
 
25
Ba(Y,Gd,Dy)
 
2
[F
 
2
|Cl|(SO
 
4
)
 
2
|(HCO
 
3
)
 
4
|(CO
 
3
)
 
11
]
5.BF.30Brianyoungite
Zn
 
3
[(OH)
 
4
|(CO
 
3
,SO
 
4
)]
5.BF.35Philolithite
Pb
 
12
Mn
2+
 
(Mg,Mn
2+
 
)
 
2
(Mn
2+
 
,Mg)
 
4
[O
 
6
|(OH)
 
12
|(CO
 
3
)
 
4
|SO
 
4
|Cl
 
4
]
5.BF.40Leadhillite
Pb
 
4
SO
 
4
(CO
 
3
)
 
2
(OH)
 
2
5.BF.40Macphersonite
Pb
 
4
SO
 
4
(CO
 
3
)
 
2
(OH)
 
2
Related Minerals - Hey's Index Grouping:

- +
12.2.1Burkeite
Na
 
6
CO
 
3
(SO
 
4
)
 
2
12.2.2Hanksite
Na
 
22
K(SO
 
4
)
 
9
(CO
 
3
)
 
2
Cl
12.2.3Tychite
Na
 
6
Mg
 
2
SO
 
4
(CO
 
3
)
 
4
12.2.4Motukoreaite
NaMg
 
19
Al
 
12
(CO
 
3
)
 
6.5
(SO
 
4
)
 
4
(OH)
 
54
·28H
 
2
O
12.2.5Ferrotychite
Na
 
6
(Fe,Mn,Mg)
 
2
SO
 
4
(CO
 
3
)
 
4
12.2.6Nakauriite
Cu
 
8
[(OH)
 
6
|CO
 
3
|(SO
 
4
)
 
4
] · 48H
 
2
O
12.2.7Carbonatecyanotrichite
Cu
 
4
Al
 
2
[(OH)
 
12
|(CO
 
3
,SO
 
4
)] · 2H
 
2
O
12.2.8Rapidcreekite
Ca
 
2
[CO
 
3
|SO
 
4
] · 4H
 
2
O
12.2.9Tatarskite
Ca
 
6
Mg
 
2
(SO
 
4
)
 
2
(CO
 
3
)
 
2
Cl
 
4
(OH)
 
4
·7H
 
2
O
12.2.10Schulenbergite
(Cu,Zn)
 
7
[(OH)
 
10
|(SO
 
4
,CO
 
3
)
 
2
] · 3H
 
2
O
12.2.11Leadhillite
Pb
 
4
SO
 
4
(CO
 
3
)
 
2
(OH)
 
2
12.2.12Macphersonite
Pb
 
4
SO
 
4
(CO
 
3
)
 
2
(OH)
 
2
12.2.14Wherryite
Pb
 
7
Cu
 
2
(SO
 
4
)
 
4
(SiO
 
4
)
 
2
(OH)
 
2
12.2.15Caledonite
Cu
 
2
Pb
 
5
[(OH)
 
6
|CO
 
3
|(SO
 
4
)
 
3
]
12.2.16Nasledovite
PbMn
 
3
Al
 
4
(CO
 
3
)
 
4
SO
 
4
O
 
5
·5H
 
2
O
12.2.17Jouravskite
Ca
 
6
Mn
3+
2
[(OH)
 
4
|(SO
 
4
,CO
 
3
)]
 
3
 · 26H
 
2
O
12.2.18Schröckingerite
NaCa
 
3
(UO
 
2
)[F|(CO
 
3
)
 
3
|SO
 
4
] · 10H
 
2
O
12.2.19Manganotychite
Na
 
6
Mn
 
2
SO
 
4
(CO
 
3
)
 
4
12.2.20Hauckite
Fe
3+
3
(Mg,Mn
2+
 
)
 
24
Zn
 
18
[(OH)
 
81
|(CO
 
3
)
 
2
|(SO
 
4
)
 
4
]
12.2.21Paraotwayite
Ni(OH)
 
2-x
(SO
 
4
,CO
 
3
)
 
0.5x
12.2.22Carrboydite
(Ni,Cu)
 
14
Al
 
9
[(OH)
 
43
|(SO
 
4
,CO
 
3
)
 
6
] · 7H
 
2
O
12.2.23Mountkeithite
(Mg,Ni)
 
11
(Fe
3+
 
,Cr
3+
 
,Al)
 
3
[(OH)
 
24
|(SO
 
4
,CO
 
3
)
 
3.5
] · 11H
 
2
O
12.2.24Camerolaite
Cu
 
4
Al
 
2
[(OH)
 
10
|CO
 
3
|(HSbO
 
4
,SO
 
4
)] · 2H
 
2
O

Other Names for Susannite

Other Languages:
German:Susannit
Russian:Сузаннит
Spanish:Susannita

Other Information

Health Warning:No information on health risks for this material has been entered into the database. You should always treat mineral specimens with care.

References for Susannite

Reference List:Brooke (1827) Edinburgh New Phil. J.: 3: 117 (as Sulphato-tricarbonate of Lead).

Haidinger (1845) Handbuch bestimm.Min., 1st ed.: 505.

Palache, C., Berman, H., & Frondel, C. (1951), The System of Mineralogy of James Dwight Dana and Edward Salisbury Dana, Yale University 1837-1892, Volume II: Halides, Nitrates, Borates, Carbonates, Sulfates, Phosphates, Arsenates, Tungstates, Molybdates, Etc. John Wiley and Sons, Inc., New York, 7th edition, revised and enlarged: 298-299.

American Mineralogist (1970): 55: 1449.

K. Walenta, U. Kolitsch and T. Gulden (1997): On leadhillite and susannite with special regard to occurrences in the Black Forest. Aufschluss 48 (1), 59-64. (in German)

Steele, I. M., Pluth, J. J. & Livingstone, A. (1999): Crystal structure of susannite, Pb4SO4(CO3)2(OH)2. A trimorph with macphersonite and leadhillite. European Journal of Mineralogy: 11: 493-499.

Bindi, L. & Menchetti, S. (2005): Structural changes accompanying the phase transformation between leadhillite and susannite: A structural study by means of in situ high-temperature single-crystal X-ray diffraction. American Mineralogist 90, 1641-1647.

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    Localities for Susannite

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    The map shows a selection of localities that have latitude and longitude coordinates recorded. Click on the symbol to view information about a locality. The symbol next to localities in the list can be used to jump to that position on the map.
    (TL) indicates type locality. ? indicates mineral may be doubtful at this locality. All other localities listed without reference should be considered as uncertain and unproven until references can be found.
    Austria
     
    • Styria
      • Fischbacher Alpen Mts
        • Mürzzuschlag
          • Spital am Semmering
            • Hasen valley
    		ID by F.Bernhard, Graz + U.Kolitsch, Vienna
    Czech Republic
     
    • Bohemia (Böhmen; Boehmen)
      • Ústí Region
        • Krušné Hory Mts (Erzgebirge)
          • Dubí
    		Palache, C., Berman, H., & Frondel, C. (1951), The System of Mineralogy of James Dwight Dana and Edward Salisbury Dana, Yale University 1837-1892, Volume II: 298.; Palache, C., Berman, H., & Frondel, C. (1951), The System of Mineralogy of James Dwight Dana and Edward Salisbury Dana, Yale University 1837-1892, Volume II: 299.
    France
     
    • Auvergne
      • Haute-Loire
        • Sainte-Sigolène
          • Saint-Pal-de-Mons
    		Queneau Patrice collection
    • Burgundy
      • Saône-et-Loire
        • Beuvray
          • Saint-Prix
            • L'Argentolle
    		Sarp, H. (1984): Seconde occurrence du nouveau minéral Scotlandite PbSO3. Schweiz. Mineral. Petrogr. Mitt., 64, 317-321.
    • Franche-Comté
      • Territoire-de-Belfort
        • Auxelles-Haut
    		U. Kolitsch (1997): Neufunde von Mineralien aus einigen Vorkommen der Vogesen, Frankreich: Giromagny, Auxelles-Haut und Kruth 1. Aufschluss 48 (4), 243-256.
    • Languedoc-Roussillon
      • Lozère
    		No reference listed
    • Lorraine
      • Vosges
        • Upper Moselle Valley
          • Remiremont
    		Nicolas MEISSER analysis, Lausanne Geological Museum
    Germany
     
    • Baden-Württemberg
      • Black Forest
        • Badenweiler
    		Lapis 23(12), 45 (1998)
        • Freiburg im Breisgau
          • Schauinsland Mt.
            • Schauinsland Pb-Zn mining District
              • Hofsgrund (South field)
    		Lapis 23(12), 46 (1998)
        • Gengenbach
          • Haigerach valley
    		Lapis 23(12), 46 (1998)
        • Hausach
          • Einbach valley
    		Wittern: "Mineralfundorte in Deutschland", 2001
        • Münstertal
          • Belchen Mt.
    		Lapis 23(12), 45 (1998)
    Lapis 23(12), 46 (1998)
        • Schapbach
          • Wildschapbach valley
    		Lapis 23(12), 46 (1998)
        • Todtnau
    		Lapis 23(12), 46 (1998)
    http://www.mineralienatlas.de/lexikon/index.php/Deutschland/Baden-W%FCrttemberg/Schwarzwald/Todtnau/Lisb%FChl
        • Waldshut
    		Lapis 23(12), 46 (1998)
        • Wolfach
          • Oberwolfach
            • Rankach valley
    		KOLITSCH, U. (1997): Uranosphärit und weitere neue Mineralfunde von der Grube Clara im Schwarzwald. - Mineralien-Welt 8 (3), 18-26; U. Kolitsch, J. Gröbner, G. Blaß and H.-W. Graf (2007): Neufunde aus der Grube Clara im mittleren Schwarzwald (III): Cerianit-(Ce), Dravit, Florencit-(La), Gilmarit, Olenit und Scotlandit. Lapis 32, 19-23, 70.
    • Hesse
      • North Hesse
        • Richelsdorf District
          • Süss
            • Richelsdorf Smelter
    		S. Weiß: "Mineralfundstellen, Deutschland West", Weise (Munich), 1990
      • Taunus Mts
        • Bad Camberg
          • Eisenbach
    		S. Weiss: Mineralfundstellen Deutschland West, Weise (Munich), 1990
    • Lower Saxony
      • Harz Mts
        • Clausthal-Zellerfeld
          • Oberschulenberg
    		Wittern: "Mineralfundorte in Deutschland", 2001
        • Goslar
          • Astfeld
    		No reference listed
        • Lautenthal
    		No reference listed
    • North Rhine-Westphalia
      • Aachen
        • Stolberg
    International Association of Collectors of Slag
      • Bergisches Land
        • Engelskirchen
          • Loope
    		Habel, B. & Linder, R. (2009): Die Grube \"Castor\" bei Loope und ihre Mineralien. Mineralien-Welt 20 (3), 10-23
      • Münsterland
        • Steinfurt
          • Ibbenbüren
            • Schafberg Mt.
    		Wittern: "Mineralfundorte in Deutschland", 2001
      • Sauerland
        • Meschede
          • Ramsbeck
    		S. Weiß: "Mineralfundstellen, Deutschland West", Weise (Munich), 1990
        • Sundern
          • Bönkhausen
    		Lapis, 14 (2), 22-27+33+42.
      • Siegerland
        • Burbach
    		Wittern: "Mineralfundorte in Deutschland", 2001
        • Wilnsdorf
    		Lapis, 12 (1), 11-18+42.
    • Rhineland-Palatinate
      • Bad Bergzabern
        • Nothweiler
    		Wittern: "Mineralfundorte in Deutschland", 2001
      • Lahn valley
    		Wittern: "Mineralfundorte in Deutschland", 2001
          • Frücht
    		Der Aufschluss Vol.55, March/April 2004
      • Siegerland
        • Niederfischbach
          • Niederndorf
    		Henrich, J. M. (2007: Die Mineralien der Grube Fürst Moritz bei Niederndorf. Mineralien-Welt 18 (4), 20-26. (in German)
      • Westerwald
        • Rheinbreitbach
    		Weiss: "Mineralienfundstellen, Deutschland West", Weise (Munich), 1990
    Greece
     
    • Attikí (Attica; Attika) Prefecture
      • Lavrion (Laurion; Laurium) District
        • Lavrion District slag localities
          • Agios Nikolaos [St Nicholas] area
    		No reference listed
          • Lavrion (Laurion; Laurium)
    		No reference listed
          • Oxygon area
    		No reference listed
          • Panormos area
    		No reference listed
          • Passa Limani area
    		Gelaude, Piet, van Kalmthout, Piet, and Rewitzer, Christian (1996) Laurion: The Minerals of the Ancient Slags, Janssen Print, Nijmegen, The Netherlands
          • Sounion area
    		No reference listed
          • Thorikos area
    		Gelaude, Piet, van Kalmthout, Piet and Rewitzer, Christian (1996) Laurion: The Minerals in the Ancient Slags, Janssen Print, Nijmegen, The Netherlands
          • Tourkolimanon area
    		No reference listed
          • Vrissaki area
    		Gelaude, Piet, van Kalmthout, Piet, and Rewitzer, Christian (1996) Laurion: The Minerals in the Ancient Slags, Janssen Print, Nijmegen, The Netherlands
    Ireland
     
    • Co. Mayo
    Italy
     
    • Lombardy
      • Varese Province
        • Boarezzo
    		Orlandi, P., & Campostrini, I., 2006. Boarezzo. I minerali della ricerca mineraria "Pradisci". Rivista Mineralogica Italiana, 30 (1), 14-24.
    • Tuscany
      • Livorno Province
        • Piombino
    		Muenchener Micromounter-Lithothek
    Russia
     
    • Eastern-Siberian Region
      • Transbaikalia (Zabaykalye)
        • Chitinskaya Oblast'
    		Palache, C., Berman, H., & Frondel, C. (1951), The System of Mineralogy of James Dwight Dana and Edward Salisbury Dana, Yale University 1837-1892, Volume II: 299.
    UK
     
    • England
      • Cumbria
        • North and Western Region (Cumberland)
          • Caldbeck Fells
            • Carrock Fell
    		No reference listed
            • Deer Hills
    		No reference listed
            • Roughton Gill
    		No reference listed
    Journal of The Russell Society, Volume11, 2008
    No reference listed
    No reference listed
    Pluth, J. J., Steele, I. M., Kampf, A. R. & Green, D. I. (2005): Redgillite, Cu6(OH)10(SO4)•H2O, a new mineral from Caldbeck Fells, Cumbria, England: description and crystal structure. Mineralogical Magazine, 69, 973-980.
      • Derbyshire
        • Whitwell
    		vanadinite and descloizite, probably the best yet to be found in England and the secondary lead mineral suite including leadhillite, lanarkite, cerussite, anglesite, pyromorphite, scotlandite, mattheddleite and possibly susannite. Other minerals found were barite, calcite, hemimorphite, and sphalerite.
    • Scotland
      • Dumfries & Galloway (Dumfries-shire)
        • Wanlockhead
          • Wanlock Dod-Whytes Cleuch
    BMS Database
      • Strathclyde (Lanarkshire)
        • South Lanarkshire
    		Scottish J. Geol. 23, 1-8(1987)
    No reference listed
            • Mine Hill-Broad Law
    		Steve Rust collection
    Minerals of Scotland 2002. A.Livingstone.pp132-133
            • Wool Law
    		S. Rust Collection
    • Wales
      • Ceredigion (Dyfed; Cardiganshire)
        • Ceulanymaesmawr
          • Talybont
    		[UKJMM 17 (1996) p.18]
            • Nant-y-Moch Reservoir area
    		S Rust collection
    UKJMM No5
        • Llangynfelyn
          • Tre-Taliesin
    		S Rust Collection
        • Trefeirig
          • Bontgoch
    		S. Rust collection
          • Pen-bont Rhydybeddau
    		S. Rust collection
    S Rust Collection
    S Rust Collection
        • Upper Llanfihangell-y-Creuddyn
          • Devil's Bridge
    		No reference listed
          • Pontrhydygroes
    		UKJMM 17
        • Ysbyty Ystwyth
    		No reference listed
    No reference listed
    BMS Database
      • Powys (Montgomeryshire)
        • Llangynog
    		S.Rust collection
        • Machynlleth
          • Dylife
    		S Rust Collection
      • Powys (Radnorshire)
        • Rhayader
    		S. Rust collection
    USA
     
    • Arizona
      • Cochise Co.
        • Mule Mts
          • Warren District
    		[MinRec 24:421]
    • Pennsylvania
      • Montgomery Co.
        • Lower Providence Township
          • Audubon
            • Perkiomen Mines
    		Min of PA 1922-65, A. Montgomery, pgs. 25-26
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