euchroite
Sign in to saveEuchroite is a hydrated copper arsenate hydroxide mineral with formula: Cu2AsO4OH·3H2O. It is a vitreous green to emerald green mineral crystallizing in the orthorhombic system. It has a Mohs hardness of 3.5–4.0 and a specific gravity of 3.39–3.45. It was first described in 1823 in Ľubietová, Slovakia.
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Within Vinony's link graph, euchroite is referenced by 7 other articles, and connects out to Slovakia, copper and mineral.
It sits within the topics Arsenate minerals, Copper(II) minerals and Minerals in space group 19.
Its subject is documented across 16 Wikipedia language editions.
Key facts
- Mineral.name
- Euchroite
- Mineral.image
- Euchroite-177526.jpg
- Mineral.imagesize
- 260px
- Mineral.category
- Arsenate minerals
- Mineral.formula
- Cu2AsO4OH·3H2O
- Mineral.IMAsymbol
- Euc
- Mineral.strunz
- 8.DC.07
- Mineral.system
- Orthorhombic
- Mineral.class
- Disphenoidal (222) H-M symbol: (2 2 2)
- Mineral.symmetry
- P212121
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Wikidata facts
- Subclass of
- arsenate mineral
- Named after
- color
- Image
- Euchroite-242668.jpg
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- Nickel-Strunz 9th edition (updated 2009)
- 8.DC.07
- Commons category
- Euchroite
- Nickel-Strunz '10th ed', review of (9th ed/ 2009 update)
- 8.DC.07
- type locality (geology)
- Ľubietová
- crystal system
- orthorhombic crystal system
- IMA Mineral Symbol
- Euc
- chemical formula
- Cu₂AsO₄(OH)·3H₂O
- Strunz 8th edition (series ID, updated)
- VII/D.02
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Euchroite is a hydrated copper arsenate hydroxide mineral with formula: Cu2AsO4OH·3H2O. It is a vitreous green to emerald green mineral crystallizing in the orthorhombic system. It has a Mohs hardness of 3.5–4.0 and a specific gravity of 3.39–3.45. It was first described in 1823 in Ľubietová, Slovakia.
==References==
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