لیناریت
Sign in to saveLinarite is a somewhat rare, crystalline mineral that is known among mineral collectors for its unusually intense, pure blue color. It is formed by the oxidation of galena and chalcopyrite and other copper sulfides. It is a combined copper lead sulfate hydroxide with formula PbCuSO4(OH)2. Linarite occurs as monoclinic prismatic to tabular crystals and irregular masses. It is easily confused with azurite, but does not react with dilute hydrochloric acid as azurite does. It has a Mohs hardness of 2.5 and a specific gravity of 5.3 – 5.5.
Key facts
- Mineral.name
- Linarite
- Mineral.image
- Linarite-162465.jpg
- Mineral.imagesize
- 260px
- Mineral.category
- Sulfate minerals
- Mineral.formula
- PbCu[(OH)2
- Mineral.IMAsymbol
- Lna
- Mineral.strunz
- 7.BC.65
- Mineral.system
- Monoclinic
- Mineral.class
- Prismatic (2/m) (same H-M symbol)
- Mineral.symmetry
- P21/m
- Mineral.unit cell
- a = 9.701(2), b = 5.65 c = 4.69 [Å]; β = 102.65°; Z = 2
- Mineral.color
- Deep azure blue
- Mineral.habit
- Crystals elongated and tabular; in crusts and aggregates
- Mineral.twinning
- Common on {100}, also on {001}
- Mineral.cleavage
- Perfect on {100}, imperfect on {001}
- Mineral.fracture
- Conchoidal
- Mineral.mohs
- 2.5
- Mineral.luster
- Sub-adamantine, vitreous
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Wikidata facts
- Subclass of
- sulfate mineral
- Named after
- Linares
- Image
- Linarite-269083.jpg
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- Commons category
- Linarite
- Nickel-Strunz 9th edition (updated 2009)
- 7.BC.65
- Nickel-Strunz '10th ed', review of (9th ed/ 2009 update)
- 7.BC.65
- crystal system
- monoclinic crystal system
- type locality (geology)
- Linares
- IMA Mineral Symbol
- Lna
- chemical formula
- PbCuSO₄(OH)₂
- Strunz 8th edition (series ID, updated)
- VI/B.02
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