Asisite

Asisite (Pb₇SiO₈Cl₂) is a yellow tetragonal mineral. It is found at the Kombat Mine, Kombat, Grootfontein District, Otjozondjupa Region, Namibia. It was named for a farm, Asis, where the mine where it was found, is located. It was discovered in 1988.

Asisite
Asisite from Kombat Mine, Namibia
General
Category	Halide
Formula	Pb7SiO4O4Cl2
Strunz classification	3.DB.40
Crystal system	Tetragonal Ditetragonal dipyramidal class
Space group	Tetragonal H-M symbol: (4/m 2/m 2/m) Space group: I4/mmm
Identification
Colour	yellow to yellow-green, red
Mohs scale hardness	3+1⁄2

References

• Mindat.org - Asisite
• Webmineral.com - Asisite
• Handbook of Mineralogy - Asisite Archived 2019-05-08 at the Wayback Machine