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Chalcanthite

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Chalkanthit
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Chalkanthit
FO.: Planet Mine, La Paz County, Arizona, USA - Stufengröße: 16 x 9,5 cm
Copyright: Hrouda; Contribution: Hrouda
Collection: Museum für Naturkunde Gera
Location: USA/Arizona/La Paz County/Buckskin Mts/Santa Maria District/Planet/Planet Mine Group/Planet Mine
Mineral: Chalcanthite
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Chalkanthit

FO.: Planet Mine, La Paz County, Arizona, USA - Stufengröße: 16 x 9,5 cm
Collection: Museum für Naturkunde Gera
Copyright: Hrouda
Contribution: Hrouda 2008-07-09
Locality: Planet Mine / Planet Mine Group / Planet / Santa Maria District / Buckskin Mts / La Paz County / Arizona / USA
Chalkanthit
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Chalkanthit
Fundort: Hilarion Mine, Revier Kamariza, Lavrion, Griechenland; Aggregat: 1 cm
Copyright: UlrichW; Contribution: Klinoklas
Location: Griechenland/Attika (Attikí, Attica)/East Attica/Lavreotiki/Lavrion (Laurion), Bergbaudistrikt/Agios Konstantinos (Kamariza)/Kamariza Minen (Kamareza)/Hilarion Mine
Mineral: Chalcanthite
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Chalkanthit

Fundort: Hilarion Mine, Revier Kamariza, Lavrion, Griechenland; Aggregat: 1 cm
Copyright: UlrichW
Contribution: Klinoklas 2007-05-22
Locality: Hilarion Mine / Kamariza Minen (Kamareza) / Agios Konstantinos (Kamariza) / Lavrion (Laurion), Bergbaudistrikt / Lavreotiki / East Attica / Attika (Attikí, Attica) / Griechenland
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im Rathtiefster Stollen (Wasserlösungsstollen, 12.Jh.)
Copyright: Haldenschreck; Contribution: Mineralienatlas
Location: Deutschland/Niedersachsen/Goslar, Landkreis/Goslar/Rammelsberg
Mineral: Chalcanthite, Melanterite
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im Rathtiefster Stollen (Wasserlösungsstollen, 12.Jh.)
Copyright: Haldenschreck
Contribution: Mineralienatlas 2008-06-16
Locality: Rammelsberg / Goslar / Goslar, Landkreis / Niedersachsen / Deutschland
Chalkantit
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Chalkantit
Größe: 28x20 mm; Fundort: Planet Mine, Buckskin Mts, Santa Maria District, La Paz Co., Arizona, USA
Copyright: QuebulFineMinerals; Contribution: Philip Blümner
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Mineral: Chalcanthite
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Chalkantit

Größe: 28x20 mm; Fundort: Planet Mine, Buckskin Mts, Santa Maria District, La Paz Co., Arizona, USA
Copyright: QuebulFineMinerals
Contribution: Philip Blümner 2012-08-04
Locality: Planet Mine / Planet Mine Group / Planet / Santa Maria District / Buckskin Mts / La Paz County / Arizona / USA
Chalkanthit
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Chalkanthit
Lockenförmige blassblaue Kristalle, BB = 6,1 mm, Fundort: Halde 20 (Oberes Hölltal), Hölltal, Schlackental, Oberschulenberg, Clausthal-Zellerfeld, Harz, Niedersachsen, Deutschland.
Copyright: Hannes Osterhammer; Contribution: Münchener Micromounter
Collection: Lithothek der Münchener Micromounter, Collection number: A018086, Donator: Peter Köhlen
Location: Deutschland/Niedersachsen/Goslar, Landkreis/Langelsheim/Lautenthal/Hölltal
Mineral: Chalcanthite
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Chalkanthit (SNr: A018086)

Lockenförmige blassblaue Kristalle, BB = 6,1 mm, Fundort: Halde 20 (Oberes Hölltal), Hölltal, Schlackental, Oberschulenberg, Clausthal-Zellerfeld, Harz, Niedersachsen, Deutschland.
Collection: Lithothek der Münchener Micromounter
Copyright: Hannes Osterhammer
Contribution: Münchener Micromounter 2014-04-15
Locality: Hölltal / Lautenthal / Langelsheim / Goslar, Landkreis / Niedersachsen / Deutschland

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Collectors Summary

Color blau
Streak color weiß
Hardness (Mohs) 2.5
Solubility +++ H2O
Crystal System triklin, P1

Chemism

Chemical formula

CuSO4·5H2O

Chemical composition

Kupfer, Sauerstoff, Schwefel, Wasserstoff

Unit weight: 249.68614 u; Number of atoms in the formula: 21

Info

Empirical formula:

CuSO4·5H2O

Element

Symbol

Weight%

Atoms

Atoms%

Atom weight (u)

Sum weight (u)
Hydrogen

H

4.04

10

47.62

1.0079470

10.0794700
Oxygen

O

57.67

9

42.86

15.9994300

143.9948700
Sulfur

S

12.84

1

4.76

32.0655000

32.0655000
Copper

Cu

25.45

1

4.76

63.5463000

63.5463000

Analysis wt%

CuO : 31.40, SO3 : 32.13, H2O : 35.90, Fe2O3 : 0.76 (Ref: Bulletin de Mineralogie 28)

Strunz 9th edition incl. updates

7.CB.20

7: Sulfate (Selenate, Tellurate, Chromate, Molybdate, Wolframate)
C: Sulfate (Selenate, etc.) ohne weitere Anionen, mit H2O
B: Mit ausschließlich mittelgroßen Kationen
20:Pentahydrit-Gruppe

Lapis Classification

VI/C.04-040

VI: SULFATE, CHROMATE, MOLYBDATE UND WOLFRAMATE
C: Wasserhaltige Sulfate, ohne fremde Anionen
4: Mittelgroße Kationen; Chalkanthit-Gruppe

Classification by Hölzel

7.CB.210

7: SULFATES CHROMATES MOLYBDATES WOLFRAMATES
C: Sulfates (-Anions +Water)
B: Vitriol-Group, Mg,Fe,Co,Ni,Mn,Cu,Zn-Sulfates with 4 to 7 Water
2: Pentahydrite-Group

Dana 8th edition

29.06.07.01

29: Hydrated Acid and Sulfates
06: Hydrated Acid and Sulfates where A XO4 · x(H2O)
07: Chalchanthite Group (Triclinic: P-1)

IMA status

Erstbeschreibung vor CNMNC-Gründung (1959), als Mineral meist anerkannt

Mineral status

anerkanntes Mineral

IMA Classification

IMA Classification

 Chalcanthit group

Optical Properties

Color

blau

Streak color

weiß

max. Birefringence

0.030
Birefringence chart\! Chalcanthite title=Birefringence chart Chalcanthite

Michel-Levy Color Chart viewed according to the maximum birefringence (at 30μm). Mineral color is not taken into account. Click on the image to enlarge or change thickness.

RI value α / ω / n

1.516

RI value β

1.539

RI value γ / ε

1.546

Ri mean

1.534

2V angle

Biaxial (-) 56°

Crystallography

Crystal System

triklin

Class (H-M)

1

Space Group number

2

Space Group

P1

Cell parameters a (Å)

6.12

Cell parameters b (Å)

10.7

Cell parameters c (Å)

5.97

Cell parameters a/b or c/a

0.572

Cell parameters c/b

0.558

Cell parameters α

97.58

Cell parameters β

107.17

Cell parameters γ

77.55

Z

2

Volume (ų)

363.755

X-Ray Powder Diffraction

5.77(30),
5.72(30),
5.46(100),
4.71(60),
4.66(60),
3.98(70),
3.70(30),
2.825(30)
XRD chart Chalcanthite

Calculated from d-spacing and intensity at 0.1541838 nm (Cu)

Crystals 3D

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Crystal Structure 3D

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Physical Properties

Hardness (Mohs)

2.5

VHN (Hardness Vickers)

53 (ungefähre Angabe abgeleitet aus der Mohshärte)

Density (g/cm³)

2.286 (gemessen)

2.279 ( ρ calc. Mineralienatlas )

Instability

+++ H2O

(Co-)Type locality

(Co-)Type locality

Zypern

Preface

Author (Name, Year)

von Kobell, 1853

Collector information

wasserlöslich, dehydriert an der Luft und zerfällt - in geschlossenen Behältnissen aufbewahren!

Safety Instructions

Industrial chemicals are often present in powder form and therefore often contain much higher dangers than natural, crystalline substances. These hazard statements refer to the classification of industrially used chemical compounds that may also occur in this natural mineral. The hazard classification makes no claim to completeness.




Safety classes: H302: Gesundheitsschädlich bei Verschlucken., H315: Verursacht Hautreizungen., H318: Verursacht schwere Augenschäden., H410: Sehr giftig für Wasserorganismen mit langfristiger Wirkung.

References

Handbook of Mineralogy (Anthony et al.), 5 (2003), 127

IMA group assignments

 
Chalcanthit group
M2+SO4·5H2O
 
 

 
 
Belogubite
CuZn(SO4)2·10H2O
triklin
P1

 
 
Chalcanthite
CuSO4·5H2O
triklin
P1

 
 
Jôkokuite
MnSO4·5H2O
triklin
P1

 
 
Pentahydrite
MgSO4·5H2O
triklin
P1

 
 
Siderotil
Fe(SO4)·5H2O
triklin
P1

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Simplified Chinese

胆矾

Japanese

胆礬

Alternative Name

Blue Stone

Blue Vitriol

Calcantite

German

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Latin

Chalcanthum

Chalkanthita

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Copper vitriol

Couperouse Bleue

French

Cuivre Sulfaté

French

Cuivre Sulfaté

Cuivre Sulfaté

Cyanose

Cyanosit

Cyanosita

Cyanosite

Cyprian vitriol

Kupferchalcanthit

Kupfervitriol

Sulphate of Copper

Italian

Vitriolo azul

CNMNC symbol

Symbol

Cct

Locations with GPS information

IDs

GUSID (Global unique identifier short form) O7DPRata0UaEx8XFCPFkWA
GUID (Global unique identifier) 45CFB03B-5AAB-46D1-84C7-C5C508F16458
Database ID 669