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Chrysocolla ( ) is a hydrous copper phyllosilicate mineral and mineraloid with the formula (x < 1) or .
Key facts
- Mineral.name
- Chrysocolla
- Mineral.category
- Phyllosilicate minerals
- Mineral.boxbgcolor
- 36cacb
- Mineral.image
- Chrysocolla-230109.jpg
- Mineral.caption
- Chrysocolla specimen from Ray mine, in the Scott Mountain area of Mineral Creek District, Pinal County, Arizona, US
- Mineral.formula
- {{chem2|Cu_{2 – x}Al_{x}(H2Si2O5)(OH)4*nH2O}} (x < 1)
- Mineral.IMAsymbol
- Ccl
- Mineral.strunz
- 9.ED.20
- Mineral.unit cell
- a = 5.7 Å, b = 8.9 Å, c = 6.7 Å; Z = 1
- Mineral.color
- Blue, cyan (blue-green), green, dark blue to black, brown, rarely yellow
- Mineral.habit
- Massive, nodular, botryoidal
- Mineral.system
- Orthorhombic Unknown space group
- Mineral.cleavage
- none
- Mineral.fracture
- Irregular/uneven, sub-conchoidal
- Mineral.tenacity
- Brittle to sectile
- Mineral.mohs
- 2.5–3.5 (7 for chrysocolla chalcedony, high-silica content)
- Mineral.luster
- Vitreous to dull
- Mineral.refractive
- nα = 1.575–1.585 nβ = 1.597 nγ = 1.598–1.635
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Wikidata facts
- Named after
- glue
- Image
- Chrysocolla.jpg
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- Nickel-Strunz '10th ed', review of (9th ed/ 2009 update)
- 9.ED.20
- Nickel-Strunz 9th edition (updated 2009)
- 9.ED.20
- Commons category
- Chrysocolla
- crystal system
- orthorhombic crystal system
- IMA Mineral Symbol
- Ccl
- chemical formula
- Cu₂₋ₓAlₓ(H₂₋ₓSi₂O₅)(OH)₄ · nH₂O
- Strunz 8th edition (series ID, updated)
- VIII/E.11a
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