chloroxiphite
Sign in to saveChloroxiphite is a rare olive green to pistacio green lead copper halide mineral with formula: Pb3CuO2Cl2(OH)2.
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- Subclass of
- halide class of minerals
- Named after
- blade
- Image
- Chloroxiphite-Diaboleite-Mendipite-154926.jpg
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- Nickel-Strunz '10th ed', review of (9th ed/ 2009 update)
- 3.DB.30
- Nickel-Strunz 9th edition (updated 2009)
- 3.DB.30
- Commons category
- Chloroxiphite
- color
- olive
- IMA Mineral Symbol
- Cxp
- chemical formula
- Pb₃CuO₂Cl₂(OH)₂
- Strunz 8th edition (series ID, updated)
- III/C.04
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Chloroxiphite is a rare olive green to pistacio green lead copper halide mineral with formula: Pb3CuO2Cl2(OH)2.
It was first discovered in 1923 in the Mendip Hills, Somerset, England associated with mendipite. Like mendipite it is an oxychloride mineral and formed from the alteration of lead ore (galena) by secondary oxidation. In addition to mendipite, it occurs with diaboleite, parkinsonite, wulfenite, cerussite and hydrocerussite. Its name comes from the Greek words (χλωρός) "green", describing its color, and (ζιφος) "blade" as its crystal form is long blade-like crystals that often show the growth pattern and time taken to form.
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