Chalcophyllite

Formula:  Cu18Al2(AsO4)3(SO4)3(OH)27 . 33H2O

Origin of name:  From Greek for copper and leaf

 

Crystal system:  Hexagonal

Crystal class:  -3

Twinning:

Unit cell: a = 10.77 Ǻ, c = 57.5 Ǻ

 

Colour:  Emerald-green, grass-green to bluish green

Diaphaneity:

Luster:  Vitreous to adamantine

Habit:  Crystals thin tabular, hexagonal outline, flattened; scaly, foliated masses; rosettes

Hardness:

Specific gravity:  2.67

Cleavage:  2; {0001} perfect, micaceous, {10-11} traces

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