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Osarizawaite is a greenish yellow sulfate mineral with the chemical formula: PbCuAl2(SO4)2(OH)6. It has rhombohedral crystals.

Key facts

Mineral.name
Osarizawaite
Mineral.image
Osarizawaite Hydrous Lead Copper sulfate Silver Hill Mine Pima County Arizona 1946.jpg
Mineral.caption
Osarizawaite from Arizona
Mineral.category
Sulfate minerals, alunite group
Mineral.formula
PbCuAl2(SO4)2(OH)6
Mineral.IMAsymbol
Orz
Mineral.strunz
7.BC.10
Mineral.system
Trigonal
Mineral.class
Hexagonal scalenohedral (m) H-M symbol: ( 2/m)
Mineral.symmetry
Rm
Mineral.unit cell
a = 7.05, c = 17.24(1) [Å], Z = 3
Mineral.color
Greenish yellow
Mineral.tenacity
Brittle
Mineral.mohs
3 - 4
Mineral.gravity
3.89 - 4.037
Mineral.opticalprop
Uniaxial (+)
Mineral.refractive
nω = 1.712() nε = 1.732(2)
Mineral.birefringence
δ = 0.020

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Commons category
Osarizawaite
Nickel-Strunz 9th edition (updated 2009)
7.BC.10
Nickel-Strunz '10th ed', review of (9th ed/ 2009 update)
7.BC.10
IMA Mineral Symbol
Orz
chemical formula
CuPbAl₂(SO₄)₂(OH)₆
Strunz 8th edition (series ID, updated)
VI/B.03a
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Osarizawaite is a greenish yellow sulfate mineral with the chemical formula: PbCuAl2(SO4)2(OH)6. It has rhombohedral crystals.

It was first described in 1961 for an occurrence in the oxidized zone of the Osarizawa mine, Akita Prefecture, Honshu Island, Japan.

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