
lindgrenite
Sign in to saveLindgrenite is an uncommon copper molybdate mineral with formula: Cu3(MoO4)2(OH)2. It occurs as tabular to platey monoclinic green to yellow green crystals.
Key facts
- Mineral.name
- Lindgrenite
- Mineral.image
- Lindgrenite-107037.jpg
- Mineral.imagesize
- 260px
- Mineral.caption
- Lindgrenite specimen from the San Samuel Mine of the Cachiyuyo de Llampos district, Copiapó Province, Atacama Region, Chile (field of view 4 mm)
- Mineral.category
- Molybdate mineral
- Mineral.formula
- Cu3(MoO4)2(OH)2
- Mineral.IMAsymbol
- Lgr
- Mineral.strunz
- 7.GB.05
- Mineral.dana
- 48.3.1.1
- Mineral.system
- Monoclinic
- Mineral.class
- Prismatic (2/m) (same H-M symbol)
- Mineral.symmetry
- P21/n
- Mineral.unit cell
- a = 5.394, b = 14.023 c = 5.608 [Å]; β = 98.5°; Z = 2
- Mineral.color
- Green to yellowish green
- Mineral.habit
- Tabular to platey crystals, may be acicular, massive or crust forming
- Mineral.cleavage
- Perfect on {010} and {101}, poor on {100}
- Mineral.fracture
- Micaceous
- Mineral.tenacity
- Brittle
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Wikidata facts
- Image
- Lindgrenite-107037.jpg
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- Commons category
- Lindgrenite
- Nickel-Strunz '10th ed', review of (9th ed/ 2009 update)
- 7.GB.05
- Nickel-Strunz 9th edition (updated 2009)
- 7.GB.05
- IMA Mineral Symbol
- Lgr
- chemical formula
- Cu₃(MoO₄)₂(OH)₂
- Strunz 8th edition (series ID, updated)
- VI/F.02
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{{infobox mineral | name = Lindgrenite | image = Lindgrenite-107037.jpg | imagesize = 260px | alt = | caption = Lindgrenite specimen from the San Samuel Mine of the Cachiyuyo de Llampos district, Copiapó Province, Atacama Region, Chile (field of view 4 mm) | category = Molybdate mineral | formula = Cu3(MoO4)2(OH)2 | IMAsymbol = Lgr | strunz = 7.GB.05 | dana = 48.3.1.1 | system = Monoclinic | class = Prismatic (2/m) (same H-M symbol) | symmetry = P21/n | unit cell = a = 5.394, b = 14.023 c = 5.608 [Å]; β = 98.5°; Z = 2 | color = Green to yellowish green | habit = Tabular to platey crystals, may be acicular, massive or crust forming | twinning = | cleavage = Perfect on {010} and {101}, poor on {100} | fracture = Micaceous | tenacity = Brittle | mohs = 4.5 | luster = Greasey | streak = Pale green | diaphaneity = Transparent | gravity = 4.2 | density = | polish = | opticalprop = Biaxial (-) | refractive = nα = 1.930 nβ = 2.002 nγ = 2.020 | birefringence = δ = 0.090 | pleochroism = | 2V = 71° (measured) | dispersion = | extinction = | length fast/slow = | fluorescence = | absorption = | melt = | fusibility = | diagnostic = | solubility = | impurities = | alteration = | other = | prop1 = | prop1text = | references = }} Lindgrenite is an uncommon copper molybdate mineral with formula: Cu3(MoO4)2(OH)2. It occurs as tabular to platey monoclinic green to yellow green crystals.
==Discovery and occurrence==