caledonite
Sign in to saveCaledonite, whose name derives from Caledonia, the historical name of its place of discovery (Scotland), is a richly colored blue-green sulfate-carbonate mineral of lead and copper with an orthorhombic crystal structure. It is an uncommon mineral found in the oxidized zones of copper-lead deposits.
Key facts
- Mineral.name
- Caledonite
- Mineral.category
- Sulfate minerals
- Mineral.image
- Caledonit auf Cerussit - Mineralogisches Museum Bonn (7354).jpg
- Mineral.imagesize
- 260px
- Mineral.caption
- Caledonite (green) on cerussite
- Mineral.formula
- Cu2Pb5(OH)6CO3(SO4)3
- Mineral.IMAsymbol
- Cdo
- Mineral.strunz
- 7.BC.50
- Mineral.system
- Orthorhombic
- Mineral.class
- Pyramidal (mm2) (same H-M symbol)
- Mineral.symmetry
- Pmn21
- Mineral.unit cell
- a = 20.089(7) Å, b = 7.146(3) Å, c = 6.56 Å; Z = 2
- Mineral.color
- Blue; green
- Mineral.habit
- Typically striated prismatic or tabular crystals; radial aggregates
- Mineral.cleavage
- [001] perfect; [100] distinct
- Mineral.fracture
- Uneven
- Mineral.tenacity
- Brittle
- Mineral.mohs
- 2.5–3
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Wikidata facts
- Image
- Caledonite-Diaboleite-177582.jpg
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- Nickel-Strunz '10th ed', review of (9th ed/ 2009 update)
- 7.BC.50
- Commons category
- Caledonite
- Nickel-Strunz 9th edition (updated 2009)
- 7.BC.50
- IMA Mineral Symbol
- Cdo
- chemical formula
- Cu₂Pb₅(SO₄)₃(CO₃)(OH)₆
- Strunz 8th edition (series ID, updated)
- VI/B.05
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Caledonite, whose name derives from Caledonia, the historical name of its place of discovery (Scotland), is a richly colored blue-green sulfate-carbonate mineral of lead and copper with an orthorhombic crystal structure. It is an uncommon mineral found in the oxidized zones of copper-lead deposits.
==Collectible properties==
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