vauquelinite
Sign in to saveVauquelinite is a complex mineral with the formula CuPb2(CrO4)(PO4)(OH) making it a combined chromate and phosphate of copper and lead. It forms a series with the arsenate mineral fornacite.
Key facts
- Mineral.name
- Vauquelinite
- Mineral.image
- Vauquelinite-120513.jpg
- Mineral.imagesize
- 260px
- Mineral.category
- Phosphate mineral
- Mineral.formula
- CuPb2(CrO4)(PO4)(OH)
- Mineral.IMAsymbol
- Vql
- Mineral.strunz
- 7.FC.05
- Mineral.system
- Monoclinic
- Mineral.class
- Prismatic (2/m) (same H-M symbol)
- Mineral.symmetry
- P21/n
- Mineral.unit cell
- a = 13.754(5) Å, b = 5.806(6) Å c = 9.563(3) Å; β = 94.55°; Z = 4
- Mineral.color
- Olive-green, apple-green, brown to nearly black
- Mineral.habit
- Irregular wedge shaped crystals, mammillary, reniform masses
- Mineral.twinning
- Present on {102}
- Mineral.cleavage
- Indistinct
- Mineral.fracture
- Irregular
- Mineral.tenacity
- Brittle
- Mineral.mohs
- 2.5 – 3
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{{Infobox mineral | name = Vauquelinite | image = Vauquelinite-120513.jpg | imagesize = 260px | alt = | caption = | category = Phosphate mineral | formula = CuPb2(CrO4)(PO4)(OH) | IMAsymbol = Vql | molweight = | strunz = 7.FC.05 | system = Monoclinic | class = Prismatic (2/m) (same H-M symbol) | symmetry = P21/n | unit cell = a = 13.754(5) Å, b = 5.806(6) Å c = 9.563(3) Å; β = 94.55°; Z = 4 | color = Olive-green, apple-green, brown to nearly black | colour = | habit = Irregular wedge shaped crystals, mammillary, reniform masses | twinning = Present on {102} | cleavage = Indistinct | fracture = Irregular | tenacity = Brittle | mohs = 2.5 – 3 | luster = Adamantine, resinous | streak = Greenish or brownish | diaphaneity = Translucent | gravity = 6.16 | density = | polish = | opticalprop = Biaxial (−) | refractive = nα = 2.110 nβ = 2.220 nγ = 2.220 | birefringence = δ = 0.110 | pleochroism = X = Light green, Y = Light brown, Z = Light brown | 2V = Near zero | dispersion = | extinction = | length fast/slow = | fluorescence = | absorption = | melt = | fusibility = | diagnostic = | solubility = | impurities = | alteration = | other = | prop1 = | prop1text = | references = }}
Vauquelinite is a complex mineral with the formula CuPb2(CrO4)(PO4)(OH) making it a combined chromate and phosphate of copper and lead. It forms a series with the arsenate mineral fornacite.
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