Clausthalite
Lead selenide mineral
Clausthalite is a lead selenide mineral, PbSe. It forms a solid solution series with galena PbS.
01Occurrence
It occurs in low-sulfur hydrothermal deposits with other selenides and in mercury deposits. It is associated with tiemannite, klockmannite, berzelianite, umangite, gold, stibiopalladinite and uraninite.
It was first described in 1832 and named for the discovery locality of Clausthal-Zellerfeld in the Harz Mountains, Germany.
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