Libethenita
Sign in to saveLibethenite is a rare copper phosphate hydroxide mineral. It forms striking, dark green orthorhombic crystals. It was discovered in 1823 in Ľubietová, Slovakia and is named after the German name of that locality (Libethen). Libethenite has also been found in the Miguel Vacas Mine, Conceição, Vila Viçosa, Évora District, Portugal, and in Tier des Carrières, Cahai, Vielsaim, Stavelot Massif, Luxembourg Province, Belgium.
Key facts
- Mineral.name
- Libethenite
- Mineral.category
- Phosphate minerals
- Mineral.image
- Libethenite-tuc1033a.jpg
- Mineral.imagesize
- 260px
- Mineral.formula
- Cu2PO4OH
- Mineral.IMAsymbol
- Lib
- Mineral.strunz
- 8.BB.30
- Mineral.system
- Orthorhombic
- Mineral.class
- Dipyramidal (mmm) H-M symbol: (2/m 2/m 2/m)
- Mineral.symmetry
- Pnnm
- Mineral.color
- Light to dark green, blackish green, olive-green
- Mineral.habit
- Globular, druzy, slender prismatic
- Mineral.cleavage
- Indistinct on [100] and [010]
- Mineral.fracture
- Irregular, uneven to conchoidal
- Mineral.tenacity
- Brittle
- Mineral.mohs
- 4
- Mineral.luster
- Vitreous, greasy
- Mineral.refractive
- nα = 1.701 – 1.704 nβ = 1.743 – 1.747 nγ = 1.787 – 1.790
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Wikidata facts
- Named after
- Ľubietová
- Image
- Libethenite-245668.jpg
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- Commons category
- Libethenite
- Nickel-Strunz 9th edition (updated 2009)
- 8.BB.30
- Nickel-Strunz '10th ed', review of (9th ed/ 2009 update)
- 8.BB.30
- Mohs' hardness
- 4
- type locality (geology)
- Ľubietová
- crystal system
- orthorhombic crystal system
- IMA Mineral Symbol
- Lib
- chemical formula
- Cu₂PO₄(OH)
- Strunz 8th edition (series ID, updated)
- VII/B.04a
Sources (2)
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Article · Español
La libethenita es un mineral de la clase de los minerales fosfatos, y dentro de esta pertenece al llamado "grupo de la olivenita". Fue descubierta en 1823 en la localidad de Ľubietová (Eslovaquia), siendo nombrada por dicha localidad, que en alemán se llama Libethen. Un sinónimo poco usado es el de chinoíta, por haber sido encontrada en la mina El Chino, en Nuevo México.
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