کوپیاپیت
Sign in to saveCopiapite is a hydrated iron sulfate mineral with formula: Fe2+Fe3+4(SO4)6(OH)2·20(H2O). Copiapite can also refer to a mineral group, the copiapite group.
Key facts
- Mineral.name
- Copiapite
- Mineral.category
- Sulfate minerals
- Mineral.image
- Copiapite-159310.jpg
- Mineral.caption
- Copiapite from the Bolesław Mine, Kłodzko District, Lower Silesia, Poland
- Mineral.formula
- Fe2+Fe3+4(SO4)6(OH)2·20(H2O)
- Mineral.IMAsymbol
- Cpi
- Mineral.strunz
- 7.DB.35
- Mineral.system
- Triclinic
- Mineral.class
- Pinacoidal () (same H-M symbol)
- Mineral.symmetry
- P
- Mineral.unit cell
- a = 7.337 Å, b = 18.76 Å, c = 7.379 Å; α = 91.47°, β = 102.18°, γ = 98.95°; Z = 1
- Mineral.color
- Sulfur-yellow to orange when crystalline, greenish-yellow to olive-green when massive
- Mineral.habit
- Tabular pseudo-orthorhombic platy crystals, typically in scaly incrustations or granular pulverulent aggregates
- Mineral.twinning
- Contact twins
- Mineral.cleavage
- Perfect on , imperfect on
- Mineral.fracture
- Irregular/uneven, micaceous
- Mineral.tenacity
- Fragile
- Mineral.mohs
- 2.5–3
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Named after
- Copiapó
- Image
- Mineraly.sk - copiapit.jpg
Show 7 more facts
- Nickel-Strunz 9th edition (updated 2009)
- 7.DB.35
- Commons category
- Copiapite
- Nickel-Strunz '10th ed', review of (9th ed/ 2009 update)
- 7.DB.35
- crystal system
- triclinic crystal system
- IMA Mineral Symbol
- Cpi
- chemical formula
- Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₄(SO₄)₆(OH)₂·20H₂O
- Strunz 8th edition (series ID, updated)
- VI/D.04b
Sources (1)
via Wikidata · CC0