Litharge [ PbO ]

Material properties

Formula PbO
Abbreviation Lit
IMA Status Grandfathered (pre-IMA), 1917
Crystal symmetry Tetragonal, Point group 4/mmm, Space group P4/nmm (#129)
Classification Lead(II) oxide
Related materials Massicot
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Tags Mineral, Simple oxide

Composition

Element Atoms
Pb 1
O 1
Total: 2

Specimens of Litharge

Name Owner Materials Phase purity Image
M0186 Stibnite CSIRO Calcite (var. Mg), Litharge (1.5%), Muscovite-1M, Muscovite-2M1, Quartz, Siderite (var. Mg, Ca), Siderite, Stibnite, Wüstite 1.5