Nissonita
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Nissonite is a very rare copper phosphate mineral with the formula: Cu2Mg2(PO4)2(OH)2·5H2O. It crystallizes in the monoclinic crystal system typically as crusts, tabular crystals, and diamond-shaped crystals. The color is blue-green. It has a light green streak, a Mohs hardness of 2.5 and a specific gravity of 2.73. Cleavage is {100} distinct.
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- Subclass of
- phosphate mineral
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- Commons category
- Nissonite
- Nickel-Strunz '10th ed', review of (9th ed/ 2009 update)
- 8.DC.05
- Nickel-Strunz 9th edition (updated 2009)
- 8.DC.05
- crystal system
- monoclinic crystal system
- IMA Mineral Symbol
- Nss
- chemical formula
- Cu₂Mg₂(PO₄)₂(OH)₂·5H₂O
- Strunz 8th edition (series ID, updated)
- VII/D.02
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Article · Español
La nissonita es un mineral de la clase de los minerales fosfatos. Fue descubierta en 1966 en una mina de cobre del condado de San Benito, en el estado de California (EE. UU.), siendo nombrada así en honor de W.H. Nisson, mineralogista norteamericano. Un sinónimo es su clave: IMA1966-026.
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