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Römerit mit Copiapit

Größe: 3,22 mm; Fundort: Cava del Ferro (Trimpello), Fornovolasco, Vergemoli, Apuanische Alpen, Lucca, Toskana (Toscana), Italien

Matteo Chinellato

Contribution: Hg 2009-04-25

Locality: Cava del Ferro (Trimpello) / Fornovolasco / Vergemoli / Apuanische Alpen / Lucca, Provinz / Toskana (Toscana) / Italien

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Copiapit

Copiapit (gelblich) neben Botryogen (rot), Größe: 3 x 2,2 x 2 cm, Fundort: Santa Elena Mine, La Alcaparrosa, Provinz San Juan, Argentinien

Maggie Wilson

Contribution: thdun5 2011-04-19

Locality: Santa Elena Mine / La Alcaparrosa / San Juan, Provinz / Argentinien

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Copiapit mit Chalkanthit

Bildbreite: 3 mm; Fundort: Grube Clara, Wolfach, Schwarzwald

Stephan Wolfsried

Contribution: Hg 2007-09-30

Locality: Grube Clara / Oberwolfach / Ortenaukreis / Freiburg, Bezirk / Baden-Württemberg / Deutschland

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Römerit mit Copiapit

Größe: 7,95 mm; Fundort: Cava del Ferro (Trimpello), Fornovolasco, Vergemoli, Apuanische Alpen, Lucca, Toskana (Toscana), Italien

Matteo Chinellato

Contribution: Hg 2009-04-25

Locality: Cava del Ferro (Trimpello) / Fornovolasco / Vergemoli / Apuanische Alpen / Lucca, Provinz / Toskana (Toscana) / Italien

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Copiapit, Botryogen

Bildbreite: 12 mm; Fundort: Grube Vilmos, Rudabánya, Rudabányai-Gebirge, Komitat Borsod-Abaúj-Zemplén, Ungarn

Tamás Ungvári

Contribution: slugslayer 2011-02-04

Locality: Grube Vilmos / Rudabánya / Kazincbarcika, Kreis / Borsod-Abaúj-Zemplén, Komitat / Ungarn

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Copiapit

Größe: 11,9 x 7,4 x 4 cm, Fundort: Alcaparrosa Mine, Cerritos Bayos, Calama, Provinz Antofagasta, Chile.

Rob Lavinsky

Contribution: thdun5 2010-04-18

Locality: Alcaparrosa Mine / Cerritos Bayos / Calama / Antofagasta, Provinz / Antofagasta, Region (II. Region) / Chile

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Collectors Summary

Color

goldgelb

Streak color

blassgelb

Hardness (Mohs)

2.50 - 3.00

Solubility

+++ H₂O

Crystal System

triklin, P1

Chemism

Chemical formula

Fe²⁺Fe₄³⁺(SO₄)₆(OH)₂·20H₂O

Chemical composition

Eisen, Sauerstoff, Schwefel, Wasserstoff

Unit weight: 1249.926554 u; Number of atoms in the formula: 99

Info

Empirical formula:

FeFe₄(SO₄)₆(OH)₂·20H₂O

Element	Symbol	Weight%	Atoms	Atoms%	Atom weight (u)	Sum weight (u)
Hydrogen	H	3.39	42	42.42	1.0079470	42.3337740
Oxygen	O	58.88	46	46.46	15.9994300	735.9737800
Sulfur	S	15.39	6	6.06	32.0655000	192.3930000
Iron	Fe	22.34	5	5.05	55.8452000	279.2260000

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Analysis wt%

FeO : 4.06, Fe₂O₃ : 26.10, SO₃ : 38.37, H₂O : 30.68 (Ref: Dana, 7th ed. 2)

Strunz 9th edition incl. updates

7.DB.35

7: Sulfate (Selenate, Tellurate, Chromate, Molybdate, Wolframate)
D: Sulfate (Selenate, etc.) mit weitere Anionen, mit H₂O
B: mit mittelgroßen Kationen; isolierte Oktaeder und begrenzte Einheiten
35:Copiapit-Gruppe

Lapis Classification

VI/D.10-050

VI: SULFATE, CHROMATE, MOLYBDATE UND WOLFRAMATE
D: Wasserhaltige Sulfate, mit fremden Anionen
10: Mittelgroße Kationen; Copiapit-Gruppe

Classification by Hölzel

7.DC.160

7: SULFATES CHROMATES MOLYBDATES WOLFRAMATES
D: Sulfates (+Anions +Water)
C: Copiapite-Group

Dana 8th edition

31.10.05.01

31: Hydrated Sulfates Containing Hydroxyl or Halogen
10: Hydrated Sulfates Containing Hydroxyl or Halogen miscellaneous
05: Copiapite Group

IMA status

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

Mineral status

anerkanntes Mineral

IMA Classification

Copiapite group

Optical Properties

Color	goldgelb
Streak color	blassgelb
max. Birefringence	0.083
	$Birefringence chart\! Copiapite title=Birefringence chart Copiapite$ 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	1.496
RI value β	1.531
RI value γ / ε	1.579
Ri mean	1.535
2V angle	Biaxial (+) 78°

Crystallography

Crystal System	triklin
Class (H-M)	1
Space Group number	2
Space Group	P1
Cell parameters a (Å)	7.337
Cell parameters b (Å)	18.76
Cell parameters c (Å)	7.379
Cell parameters a/b or c/a	0.391
Cell parameters c/b	0.393
Cell parameters α	91.47
Cell parameters β	102.18
Cell parameters γ	98.95
Z	1
Volumne (Å³)	978.91
X-Ray Powder Diffraction	8.66(100), 5.90(100), 5.035(10), 4.776(10), 4.436(10), 3.783(10), 3.490(20), 3.253(20)
	Calculated from d-spacing and intensity at 0.1541838 nm (Cu)

Crystals 3D

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Physical Properties

Hardness (Mohs)	2.50 - 3.00
VHN (Hardness Vickers)	68 (ungefähre Angabe abgeleitet aus der Mohshärte)
Density (g/cm³)	2.13 (gemessen)
	2.12 ( ρ calc. Mineralienatlas )
Instability	+++ H₂O

(Co-)Type locality

Chile /Atacama, Region (III. Region)/Copiapó, Provinz

Preface

Author (Name, Year)

Rose, 1833

References

Handbook of Mineralogy (Anthony et al.), 5 (2003), 161

IMA group assignments

Copiapite group

Aluminocopiapite

(Al,Mg)Fe³⁺₄(SO₄)₆(OH,O)₂·20H₂O

triklin

Calciocopiapite

CaFe₄³⁺(SO₄)₆(OH)₂·19 H₂O

triklin

Copiapite

Fe²⁺Fe₄³⁺(SO₄)₆(OH)₂·20H₂O

triklin

Cuprocopiapite

CuFe₄³⁺(SO₄)₆(OH)₂·20H₂O

triklin

Ferricopiapite

Fe_2-3³⁺Fe₄³⁺(SO₄)₆(OH)₂·20H₂O

triklin

Magnesiocopiapite

MgFe₄³⁺(SO₄)₆(OH)₂·20H₂O

triklin

Zincocopiapite

ZnFe₄³⁺(SO₄)₆(OH)₂·18H₂O

triklin

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Related minerals "Strunz Classification" (9. Edition) [Mineral | Chemical formula | Crystal system : Class (H-M) : Space Group | Indenture number]

Copiapite	Fe²⁺Fe₄³⁺(SO₄)₆(OH)₂·20H₂O triklin : 1 : P1	7.DB.35
Cuprocopiapite	CuFe₄³⁺(SO₄)₆(OH)₂·20H₂O triklin : 1 : P1	7.DB.35
Ferricopiapite	Fe_2-3³⁺Fe₄³⁺(SO₄)₆(OH)₂·20H₂O triklin : 1 : P1	7.DB.35
Zincocopiapite	ZnFe₄³⁺(SO₄)₆(OH)₂·18H₂O triklin : 1 : P1	7.DB.35
Calciocopiapite	CaFe₄³⁺(SO₄)₆(OH)₂·19 H₂O triklin : 1 : P1	7.DB.35
Aluminocopiapite	(Al,Mg)Fe³⁺₄(SO₄)₆(OH,O)₂·20H₂O triklin : 1 : P1	7.DB.35
Magnesiocopiapite	MgFe₄³⁺(SO₄)₆(OH)₂·20H₂O triklin : 1 : P1	7.DB.35

Related minerals "Lapis Classification" [Mineral | Chemical formula | Crystal system : Class (H-M) : Space Group | Indenture number]

Botryogen	MgFe³⁺(SO₄)₂(OH)·7H₂O monoklin : 2/m : P2₁/n	VI/D.10-010
Zincobotryogen	ZnFe³⁺(SO₄)₂(OH)·7H₂O monoklin : 2/m : P2₁/n	VI/D.10-020
Calciocopiapite	CaFe₄³⁺(SO₄)₆(OH)₂·19 H₂O triklin : 1 : P1	VI/D.10-030
Magnesiocopiapite	MgFe₄³⁺(SO₄)₆(OH)₂·20H₂O triklin : 1 : P1	VI/D.10-040
Copiapite	Fe²⁺Fe₄³⁺(SO₄)₆(OH)₂·20H₂O triklin : 1 : P1	VI/D.10-050
Cuprocopiapite	CuFe₄³⁺(SO₄)₆(OH)₂·20H₂O triklin : 1 : P1	VI/D.10-060
Zincocopiapite	ZnFe₄³⁺(SO₄)₆(OH)₂·18H₂O triklin : 1 : P1	VI/D.10-070
Aluminocopiapite	(Al,Mg)Fe³⁺₄(SO₄)₆(OH,O)₂·20H₂O triklin : 1 : P1	VI/D.10-080
Ferricopiapite	Fe_2-3³⁺Fe₄³⁺(SO₄)₆(OH)₂·20H₂O triklin : 1 : P1	VI/D.10-090
Guildite	CuFe³⁺(SO₄)₂(OH)·4H₂O monoklin : 2/m : P2₁/m	VI/D.10-100
Chaidamuite	(Zn,Fe²⁺)Fe³⁺OH(SO₄)₂·4H₂O triklin : 1 : P1	VI/D.10-110

Related minerals "Hoelzel Classification" [Mineral | Chemical formula : Crystal system : Class (H-M) | Space Group | Indenture number]

Magnesiocopiapite	MgFe₄³⁺(SO₄)₆(OH)₂·20H₂O triklin : 1 : P1	7.DC.100
Aluminocopiapite	(Al,Mg)Fe³⁺₄(SO₄)₆(OH,O)₂·20H₂O triklin : 1 : P1	7.DC.110
Cuprocopiapite	CuFe₄³⁺(SO₄)₆(OH)₂·20H₂O triklin : 1 : P1	7.DC.130
Zincocopiapite	ZnFe₄³⁺(SO₄)₆(OH)₂·18H₂O triklin : 1 : P1	7.DC.140
Copiapite	Fe²⁺Fe₄³⁺(SO₄)₆(OH)₂·20H₂O triklin : 1 : P1	7.DC.160
Ferricopiapite	Fe_2-3³⁺Fe₄³⁺(SO₄)₆(OH)₂·20H₂O triklin : 1 : P1	7.DC.170

Related minerals "Dana 8. Classification" [Mineral | Chemical formula : Crystal system : Class (H-M) | Space Group | Indenture number]

Ettringite	Ca₆Al₂(SO₄)₃(OH)₁₂·26H₂O trigonal : 3m : P31c	31.10.02.01
Bentorite	Ca₆(Cr,Al)₂(SO₄)₃(OH)₁₂·26 H₂O hexagonal	31.10.02.02
Buryatite	Ca₃(Si,Fe³⁺,Al)(SO₄)B(OH)₄(OH,O)₆·12H₂O trigonal : 3m : P31c	31.10.02.03
Zaherite	Al₁₂(SO₄)₅(OH)₂₆·20H₂O triklin : 1, 1 : P1, P1	31.10.03.01
Zippeite	K₃(UO₂)₄(SO₄)₂O₃(OH)·3H₂O monoklin : 2 : C2	31.10.04.01
Natrozippeite	Na₅(UO₂)₈(SO₄)₄O₅(OH)₃·12H₂O monoklin : 2/m : P2₁/n	31.10.04.02
Magnesiozippeite	Mg(UO₂)₂(SO₄)O₂·3.5H₂O monoklin : 2/m : C2/m	31.10.04.03
Nickelzippeite	Ni₂(UO₂)₆(SO₄)₃(OH)₁₀·16H₂O monoklin : 2/m : C2/m	31.10.04.04
Zinczippeite	Zn(UO₂)₂(SO₄)O₂·3.5H₂O monoklin : 2/m : C2/m	31.10.04.05
Cobaltzippeite	Co(UO₂)₂(SO₄)O₂·3.5H₂O monoklin : 2/m : C2/m	31.10.04.06
Marécottite	Mg₃[(UO₂)₄O₃(OH)(SO₄)₂]₂(H₂O)₂₈ triklin : 1 : P1	31.10.04.07
Copiapite	Fe²⁺Fe₄³⁺(SO₄)₆(OH)₂·20H₂O triklin : 1 : P1	31.10.05.01
Magnesiocopiapite	MgFe₄³⁺(SO₄)₆(OH)₂·20H₂O triklin : 1 : P1	31.10.05.02
Cuprocopiapite	CuFe₄³⁺(SO₄)₆(OH)₂·20H₂O triklin : 1 : P1	31.10.05.03
Ferricopiapite	Fe_2-3³⁺Fe₄³⁺(SO₄)₆(OH)₂·20H₂O triklin : 1 : P1	31.10.05.04
Calciocopiapite	CaFe₄³⁺(SO₄)₆(OH)₂·19 H₂O triklin : 1 : P1	31.10.05.05
Zincocopiapite	ZnFe₄³⁺(SO₄)₆(OH)₂·18H₂O triklin : 1 : P1	31.10.05.06
Aluminocopiapite	(Al,Mg)Fe³⁺₄(SO₄)₆(OH,O)₂·20H₂O triklin : 1 : P1	31.10.05.07
Clairite	(NH₄)₂(Fe³⁺,Mn³⁺)₃(SO₄)₄(OH)₃·3H₂O triklin	31.10.08.01
Caminite	Mg_1.4(SO₄)(OH)_0.8·0.2H₂O tetragonal : 4/mmm : I4₁/amd	31.10.09.01

Other languages

German	Copiapit
Spanish	Copiapita
English	Copiapite
French	Copiapite
Russian	Копиапит
Simplified Chinese	叶绿矾

Alternative Name

German	Atramenstein
German	Basisches schwefelsaures Eisenoxyd
German	Elaeit
Spanish	Elaeita
	Elaeite
	Elite
German	Eläit
Spanish	Eläita
Italian	Eläita
	Eläite
German	Ferrocopiapit
English	Ferrocopiapite
German	Flaveit
Spanish	Flaveita
	Flaveite
German	Gelb Atrament
German	Gelbeisenerz (of Breithaupt)
Swedish	Gul Atrament Sten
German	Ihlëite
German	Janosit
Spanish	Janosita
	Janosite
Latin	Lapis atramentarius flavus
German	Misleyit
Spanish	Misleyita
	Misleyite
	Misy
German	Niveit
Spanish	Niveita
	Niveite
	Pseudo-copiapite
	Violite
	Yellow Copperas
Greek	Μισυ

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