Where it forms, where it's found
- Geological setting
Secondary mineral in oxidation zone.
- Type locality
- Tsumeb Mine (Ongopolo Mine)
- Tsumeb
- Oshikoto Region
- Namibia
-19.2270°, 17.7276°
1recorded occurrences
Safety & handling
Physical
Optical
- Optical type
- Biaxial · 2V calc = 2.115°
Crystallography
- Space group
- #21
- Cell parameters
- a = 10.5381(11) Å · b = 10.7452(13) Å · c = 5.7577(7) Å
- Ratio a:b:c
- 1 : 1.020 : 0.546
- Unit cell volume
- 651.98 ų
- Z
- 4
- Morphology
Fibres, elongated parallel to [001] and flattened on (010), with (010) the only form observed.
- Type-locality form
Colourless fibres up to 0.3 mm in length, but not exceeding 5 μm in width and 2 μm in thickness.
Crystal structure
Chemical composition
Synonyms
- IMA2010–028
- Plumboseliet
In other languages
- German
- IMA 2010-028 · Plumboselit
- Italian
- plumboselite
Classification
Strunz
10th ed.4.JG.50
- 4OxidesClass
- 4.JArsenites, antimonites, bismuthites, sulfites, selenites, tellurites; iodatesDivision
- 4.JGSelenites with additional anions, without H2OGroup
- 4.JG.50PlumboseliteSpecies
Literature, links & citation
Citations
- 2010Williams, P. A., Hatert, F., Pasero, M., Mills, S. J. (2010) IMA Commission on New Minerals, Nomenclature and Classification (CNMNC) CNMNC Newsletter No 4. Mineralogical Magazine, 74 (4) 797-800 doi:10.1180/s0026461x00038925 DOI: 10.1180/s0026461x00038925
- 2011Kampf, Anthony R., Mills, Stuart J., Pinch, William W. (2011) Plumboselite, Pb3O2(SeO3), a new oxidation-zone mineral from Tsumeb, Namibia. Mineralogy and Petrology, 101 (1) 75-80 doi:10.1007/s00710-010-0137-3 DOI: 10.1007/s00710-010-0137-3
- 2013(2013) Plumboselite. Handbook of Mineralogy. Mineralogical Society of America
Cite this entry
@misc{mineral2026,
author = {Mineral Index editorial board},
title = {Plumboselite — Mineral Index},
year = {2026},
url = {https://mineralindex.org/minerals/plumboselite-40515},
note = {Accessed 2026-05-11}
}