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Conichalcite

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Grass-green to yellowish green, pistachio-green, emerald-green; may be zoned; light green to yellowish green in transmitted light.
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Mat of conichalcite spheres on limonite base from the Ojuela Mine, Mapimí, Durango, Mexico (size: 10.4 x 8.9 x 4.2 cm)
649: 699: 509:. Conichalcite is the arsenic rich end member of the series and calciovolborthite is the vanadium rich end member. 108: 88: 521: 240: 230: 614: 525: 353: 273: 263: 432: 632: 220: 490:. Conichalcite is often found encrusted on to limonitic rocks that have yellow to red colors. 513: 498: 171: 47: 622: 475: 396: 311: 293: 210: 205:
Crusts of acicular to almost fibrous crystals. Also as botryoidal masses and compact crusts.
54: 28: 681: 501:. When these two minerals form a solid solution series, the two interchanging elements are 533: 618: 494: 471: 118: 693: 636: 541: 333: 200: 130: 451: 123: 440: 343: 148: 424: 412: 139: 569: 479: 460: 436: 420: 415:, and occurs in the oxidation zone of some metal deposits. It occurs with 557: 506: 487: 416: 392: 80: 627: 602: 581: 565: 561: 545: 537: 502: 483: 428: 400: 382: 375: 70: 63: 665: 577: 549: 529: 464: 385: 378: 73: 66: 573: 553: 450: 517: 404: 467: 470:. Here groundwater enriched with oxygen reacts with 362: 352: 342: 332: 310: 302: 292: 282: 272: 262: 249: 239: 229: 219: 209: 199: 191: 186: 170: 147: 129: 117: 107: 97: 87: 53: 43: 38: 21: 8: 512:Notable occurrences of conichalcite include 677: 675: 673: 626: 661: 659: 657: 478:to produce an array of minerals such as 593: 33:A thin crust of conichalcite on a rock. 18: 7: 603:"IMA–CNMNC approved mineral symbols" 358:Strong r < v to r < v moderate 182:V = 397.66 Å³; Z = 4 14: 27: 493:Conichalcite will also form a 1: 411:)(OH)). It is green, often 726: 710:Minerals in space group 19 459:Conichalcite forms in the 395:), is a relatively common 26: 552:; Collahuasi, Tarapaca, 497:series with the mineral 682:Handbook of Mineralogy 607:Mineralogical Magazine 456: 705:Orthorhombic minerals 454: 99:Strunz classification 560:and Caldbeck Fells, 180:c = 5.83(1) Å; 178:b = 9.23(1) Å, 176:a = 7.39(1) Å, 628:10.1180/mgm.2021.43 619:2021MinM...85..291W 601:Warr, L.N. (2021). 135:Disphenoidal (222) 109:Dana classification 457: 303:Optical properties 700:Arsenate minerals 499:calciovolborthite 369: 368: 338:δ = 0.023 – 0.046 324:= 1.795 – 1.831 n 320:= 1.778 – 1.800 n 143: 48:Arsenate minerals 717: 684: 679: 668: 663: 652: 647: 641: 640: 630: 598: 397:arsenate mineral 312:Refractive index 294:Specific gravity 268:Vitreous, greasy 255: 137: 60: 59:(repeating unit) 31: 19: 16:Arsenate mineral 725: 724: 720: 719: 718: 716: 715: 714: 690: 689: 688: 687: 680: 671: 664: 655: 650:Mineralienatlas 648: 644: 600: 599: 595: 590: 449: 410: 390: 328:= 1.801 – 1.846 327: 323: 319: 253: 181: 179: 177: 166: 162: 158: 136: 78: 58: 57: 34: 17: 12: 11: 5: 723: 721: 713: 712: 707: 702: 692: 691: 686: 685: 669: 653: 642: 613:(3): 291–320. 592: 591: 589: 586: 495:solid solution 472:copper sulfide 448: 445: 408: 388: 367: 366: 364: 360: 359: 356: 350: 349: 346: 340: 339: 336: 330: 329: 325: 321: 317: 314: 308: 307: 304: 300: 299: 296: 290: 289: 286: 280: 279: 276: 270: 269: 266: 260: 259: 256: 247: 246: 243: 237: 236: 233: 227: 226: 223: 217: 216: 213: 207: 206: 203: 197: 196: 193: 189: 188: 187:Identification 184: 183: 174: 168: 167: 164: 160: 156: 151: 145: 144: 133: 127: 126: 121: 119:Crystal system 115: 114: 111: 105: 104: 101: 95: 94: 91: 85: 84: 76: 61: 51: 50: 45: 41: 40: 36: 35: 32: 24: 23: 15: 13: 10: 9: 6: 4: 3: 2: 722: 711: 708: 706: 703: 701: 698: 697: 695: 683: 678: 676: 674: 670: 667: 662: 660: 658: 654: 651: 646: 643: 638: 634: 629: 624: 620: 616: 612: 608: 604: 597: 594: 587: 585: 583: 579: 575: 571: 567: 563: 559: 555: 551: 547: 543: 539: 535: 531: 527: 523: 519: 515: 510: 508: 504: 500: 496: 491: 489: 485: 481: 477: 473: 469: 466: 462: 453: 446: 444: 442: 438: 434: 430: 426: 422: 418: 414: 406: 402: 398: 394: 387: 384: 380: 377: 373: 365: 361: 357: 355: 351: 347: 345: 341: 337: 335: 334:Birefringence 331: 315: 313: 309: 306:Biaxial (+/−) 305: 301: 297: 295: 291: 287: 285: 281: 277: 275: 271: 267: 265: 261: 257: 252: 248: 244: 242: 238: 234: 232: 228: 224: 222: 218: 215:Rare on {001} 214: 212: 208: 204: 202: 201:Crystal habit 198: 194: 190: 185: 175: 173: 169: 155: 152: 150: 146: 141: 134: 132: 131:Crystal class 128: 125: 122: 120: 116: 112: 110: 106: 102: 100: 96: 92: 90: 86: 82: 75: 72: 68: 65: 62: 56: 52: 49: 46: 42: 37: 30: 25: 20: 645: 610: 606: 596: 556:; Calstock, 528:counties of 511: 492: 476:copper oxide 458: 433:cuproadamite 372:Conichalcite 371: 370: 153: 124:Orthorhombic 22:Conichalcite 441:smithsonite 399:related to 344:Pleochroism 288:Translucent 284:Diaphaneity 149:Space group 694:Categories 666:Mindat.org 588:References 425:beudantite 413:botryoidal 363:References 354:Dispersion 251:Mohs scale 140:H-M symbol 89:IMA symbol 637:235729616 570:Andalusia 540:, in the 480:malachite 468:orebodies 463:zones of 461:oxidation 447:Formation 437:olivenite 421:malachite 172:Unit cell 558:Cornwall 514:Juab Co. 507:vanadium 488:linarite 417:limonite 254:hardness 241:Tenacity 231:Fracture 221:Cleavage 211:Twinning 113:41.5.1.2 44:Category 615:Bibcode 582:Namibia 566:England 562:Cumbria 546:Durango 538:Arizona 522:Lincoln 503:arsenic 484:azurite 429:adamite 401:duftite 348:Visible 245:Brittle 103:8.BH.35 55:Formula 39:General 635:  578:Tsumeb 576:; and 550:Mexico 534:Bisbee 530:Nevada 465:copper 407:Cu(AsO 274:Streak 264:Luster 235:Uneven 225:Absent 138:(same 633:S2CID 574:Spain 554:Chile 278:Green 192:Color 532:and 526:Lyon 524:and 518:Utah 505:and 486:and 474:and 439:and 623:doi 391:)(O 298:4.3 258:4.5 93:Con 79:)(O 696:: 672:^ 656:^ 631:. 621:. 611:85 609:. 605:. 584:. 580:, 572:, 568:; 564:, 548:, 544:; 542:US 536:, 520:; 516:, 482:, 443:. 435:, 431:, 427:, 423:, 419:, 405:Pb 383:As 379:Cu 376:Ca 374:, 154:P2 71:As 67:Cu 64:Ca 639:. 625:: 617:: 409:4 403:( 393:H 389:4 386:O 381:( 326:γ 322:β 318:α 316:n 165:1 163:2 161:1 159:2 157:1 142:) 83:) 81:H 77:4 74:O 69:(

Index


Arsenate minerals
Formula
Ca
Cu
As
O
H
IMA symbol
Strunz classification
Dana classification
Crystal system
Orthorhombic
Crystal class
H-M symbol
Space group
Unit cell
Crystal habit
Twinning
Cleavage
Fracture
Tenacity
Mohs scale
Luster
Streak
Diaphaneity
Specific gravity
Refractive index
Birefringence
Pleochroism

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