کالکانتیت
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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
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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
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