كلكنتيت
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Chalcanthite (, ) is a richly colored blue-green water-soluble sulfate mineral . It is commonly found in the late-stage oxidation zones of copper deposits. Due to its ready solubility, chalcanthite is more common in arid regions.
Key facts
- Mineral.name
- Chalcanthite
- Mineral.category
- Sulfate mineral
- Mineral.image
- Chalcanthitefrance.jpg
- Mineral.imagesize
- 260px
- Mineral.IMAsymbol
- Cct
- Mineral.strunz
- 7.CB.20
- Mineral.system
- Triclinic
- Mineral.class
- Pinacoidal () (same H-M symbol)
- Mineral.symmetry
- P
- Mineral.unit cell
- a = 6.11 Å, b = 10.673 Å, c = 5.95 Å; α = 97.58°, β = 107.17°, γ = 77.55°; Z = 2
- Mineral.color
- Berlin blue to sky blue, greenish blue
- Mineral.habit
- Typically stalactitic, encrusted, reniform or massive. Natural crystals are rare, but are short prismatic or tabular
- Mineral.twinning
- Rare as cruciform twins
- Mineral.cleavage
- Perfect on {10}; interrupted on {110}
- Mineral.fracture
- Conchoidal
- Mineral.mohs
- 2.5
- Mineral.luster
- Vitreous
- Mineral.refractive
- nα = 1.514 nβ = 1.537 nγ = 1.543
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Named after
- flower
- Image
- Chalcanthite - streak color.JPG
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- Nickel-Strunz 9th edition (updated 2009)
- 7.CB.20
- Nickel-Strunz '10th ed', review of (9th ed/ 2009 update)
- 7.CB.20
- Commons category
- Chalcanthite
- chemical formula
- CuSO₄·5H₂O
- type locality (geology)
- Chuquicamata
- streak color
- white
- crystal system
- triclinic crystal system
- IMA Mineral Symbol
- Cct
- Strunz 8th edition (series ID, updated)
- VI/C.03a
Sources (1)
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Article · العربية
الكلكنتيت أو الزَّاج القُبْرُصِيّ أو الزَّاج القِبْرِسِيّ أو كبريتات النحاس المُمَيَّأَة هي سلفات معدنية قابلة للذوبان في الماء ذات لون أزرق/أخضر قوي. غالبًا ما تُوجد في الأماكن التي وصلت إلى مرحلة متأخرة من الأكسدة في النحاس. يشيع وجود كبريتات النحاس المميأة في المناطق الجافة الجرداء بسبب قابليتها للذوبان في الماء بسهولة.
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