Mineralpedia Details for Chalcanthite
Chalcanthite
- Formula
- CuSO4ยท5H2O
- Crystal System
- Triclinic
- Crystal Habit
- Encrustations, Stalactitic, Reniform
- Cleavage
- Imperfect, Indistinct, Indistinct
- Luster
- Vitreous (Glassy)
- Color
- green, green blue, light blue, dark blue
- Streak
- white
- Class
- Triclinic - Pinacoidal
- Fracture
- Conchoidal
- Hardness
- 2.5
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Chalcanthite from Graphic mine, Magdalena dist., Socorro Co., New Mexico, United States
Seam of vivid blue crystalline Chalcanthite to 1cm wide.
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Chalcanthite from Majuba Hill mine, Pershing Co., Nevada, United States
Bright blue, translucent Chalcanthite "growths" lining decayed rhyolitic seams.
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Chalcanthite from White Canyon dist., San Juan Co., Utah, United States
Neon blue "veins" of Chalcanthite to 1.5cm thick.
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Chalcanthite from Posey mine, San Juan Co., Utah, United States
Bright blue crystalline mass.
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