Tags: Chemical Substance, Mineral.
for Iranites the fossil cephalopod genus see XenodiscidaeIranite is a triclinic lead copper chromate silicate mineral with formula Pb10Cu(CrO4)6(SiO4)2(FOH)2. It was first described from an occurrence in Iran. It is the copper analogue of hemihedrite (Pb10Zn(CrO4)6(SiO4)2(FOH)2).It occurs as an oxidation product of hydrothermal lead-bearing veins. Associated minerals include dioptase fornacite wulfenite mimetite cerussite and diaboleite.