osarizawaite
Sign in to saveOsarizawaite is a greenish yellow sulfate mineral with the chemical formula: PbCuAl2(SO4)2(OH)6. It has rhombohedral crystals.
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It is catalogued under topics including Alunite group, Minerals in space group 166 and Sulfate minerals.
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Key facts
- Mineral.name
- Osarizawaite
- Mineral.image
- Osarizawaite Hydrous Lead Copper sulfate Silver Hill Mine Pima County Arizona 1946.jpg
- Mineral.caption
- Osarizawaite from Arizona
- Mineral.category
- Sulfate minerals, alunite group
- Mineral.formula
- PbCuAl2(SO4)2(OH)6
- Mineral.IMAsymbol
- Orz
- Mineral.strunz
- 7.BC.10
- Mineral.system
- Trigonal
- Mineral.class
- Hexagonal scalenohedral (m) H-M symbol: ( 2/m)
- Mineral.symmetry
- Rm
- Mineral.unit cell
- a = 7.05, c = 17.24(1) [Å], Z = 3
- Mineral.color
- Greenish yellow
- Mineral.tenacity
- Brittle
- Mineral.mohs
- 3 - 4
- Mineral.gravity
- 3.89 - 4.037
- Mineral.opticalprop
- Uniaxial (+)
- Mineral.refractive
- nω = 1.712() nε = 1.732(2)
- Mineral.birefringence
- δ = 0.020
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Wikidata facts
- Image
- Osarizawaite 17258-1.jpg
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- Commons category
- Osarizawaite
- Nickel-Strunz 9th edition (updated 2009)
- 7.BC.10
- Nickel-Strunz '10th ed', review of (9th ed/ 2009 update)
- 7.BC.10
- crystal system
- trigonal crystal system
- IMA Mineral Symbol
- Orz
- chemical formula
- CuPbAl₂(SO₄)₂(OH)₆
- Strunz 8th edition (series ID, updated)
- VI/B.03a
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Osarizawaite is a greenish yellow sulfate mineral with the chemical formula: PbCuAl2(SO4)2(OH)6. It has rhombohedral crystals.
It was first described in 1961 for an occurrence in the oxidized zone of the Osarizawa mine, Akita Prefecture, Honshu Island, Japan.
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