Key facts
- Mineral.name
- Paramelaconite
- Mineral.category
- Oxide mineral
- Mineral.image
- Paramelaconite-304492.jpg
- Mineral.caption
- Paramelaconite from the Copper Queen Mine, Cochise County, Arizona, USA
- Mineral.formula
- CuCuO3 (or Cu4O3)
- Mineral.IMAsymbol
- Pml
- Mineral.strunz
- 4.AA.15
- Mineral.dana
- 4.6.4.1
- Mineral.system
- Tetragonal
- Mineral.class
- Ditetragonal dipyramidal (4/mmm) H-M group: (4/m 2/m 2/m)
- Mineral.symmetry
- I41/amd {I41/a 2/m 2/d}
- Mineral.unit cell
- a = 5.837 Å, c = 9.932 Å; Z = 4
- Mineral.color
- Black to black with a slight purple tintWhite with pinkish brown tint in reflected light
- Mineral.habit
- Occurs as striated prismatic crystals; massive
- Mineral.cleavage
- None observed
- Mineral.fracture
- Conchoidal
- Mineral.tenacity
- Brittle
- Mineral.mohs
- 4.5
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Wikidata facts
- Subclass of
- oxide class of minerals
- Named after
- para-
- Image
- Paramelaconite-304492.jpg
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- crystal system
- tetragonal crystal system
- Nickel-Strunz '10th ed', review of (9th ed/ 2009 update)
- 4.AA.15
- Commons category
- Paramelaconite
- chemical formula
- Cu¹⁺₂Cu²⁺₂O₃
- Nickel-Strunz 9th edition (updated 2009)
- 4.AA.15
- Strunz 8th edition (series ID, updated)
- IV/A.05
- type locality (geology)
- Bisbee
- IMA Mineral Symbol
- Pml
Sources (1)
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Paramelaconit ist ein sehr selten vorkommendes Mineral aus der Mineralklasse der Oxide und Hydroxide. Es kristallisiert im tetragonalen Kristallsystem mit der chemischen Zusammensetzung Cu21+Cu22+O3 und bildet bis zu 7,5 cm große prismatische Kristalle von schwarzer Farbe.
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