cumengeite
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Cumengeite, also known as cumengite, is a secondary mineral that was named after mining engineer Bernard Louis Philippe Édouard Cumenge, who found the first specimens. It is easily confused with diaboleite. It is a valid species that was first described prior to 1959, and is grandfathered now, but it has been a valid species since 1893, since pre-IMA. It is the hydroxychloride of lead and copper.
Wikidata facts
- Subclass of
- halide class of minerals
- Image
- Cumengite.jpg
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- Nickel-Strunz 9th edition (updated 2009)
- 3.DB.20
- Nickel-Strunz '10th ed', review of (9th ed/ 2009 update)
- 3.DB.20
- Commons category
- Cumengeite
- IMA Mineral Symbol
- Cge
- named by
- Ernest-François Mallard
- chemical formula
- Pb₂₁Cu₂₀Cl₄₂(OH)₄₀·6H₂O
- Strunz 8th edition (series ID, updated)
- III/C.04
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Cumengeite, also known as cumengite, is a secondary mineral that was named after mining engineer Bernard Louis Philippe Édouard Cumenge, who found the first specimens. It is easily confused with diaboleite. It is a valid species that was first described prior to 1959, and is grandfathered now, but it has been a valid species since 1893, since pre-IMA. It is the hydroxychloride of lead and copper.
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