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Botallackite

Botallackite, chemical formula Cu2(OH)3Cl is a secondary copper mineral, named for its type locality at the Botallack Mine in St Just in Penwith, Cornwall. It is polymorphous with atacamite, paratacamite and clinoatacamite .

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Birefringence
δ = 0.071
Category
Halide minerals
Cleavage
{100} Perfect
Colour
Shades of green
Crystal class
Prismatic (2/m) (same H-M symbol)
Crystal habit
Platy interlaced crystal crusts

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Botallackite

Nodes21
Edges20
Triples24
Avg. degree1.9
Density0.095238
Components1

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Botallackite

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related to Discovery and occurrence · 5
Botallackite → Botallack, Cornwall, England, It, Minerals
Birefringence · 1
Botallackite → δ = 0.071
Category · 1
Botallackite → Halide minerals
Cleavage · 1
Botallackite → {100} Perfect
Colour · 1
Botallackite → Shades of green
Crystal class · 1
Botallackite → Prismatic (2/m) (same H-M symbol)
Crystal habit · 1
Botallackite → Platy interlaced crystal crusts
Crystal system · 1
Botallackite → Monoclinic
Diaphaneity · 1
Botallackite → Transparent to translucent
Dispersion · 1
Botallackite → r v, strong

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cornwall minerals mine monoclinic copper cleavage atacamite paratacamite formula cu2 oh 3cl crystal system green colour references named type locality

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SubjectPredicateObjectConfidenceSrc
BotallackiteBirefringenceδ = 0.0711.00infobox
BotallackiteCategoryHalide minerals1.00infobox
BotallackiteCleavage{100} Perfect1.00infobox
BotallackiteColourShades of green1.00infobox
BotallackiteCrystal classPrismatic (2/m) (same H-M symbol)1.00infobox
BotallackiteCrystal habitPlaty interlaced crystal crusts1.00infobox
BotallackiteCrystal systemMonoclinic1.00infobox
BotallackiteDiaphaneityTransparent to translucent1.00infobox
BotallackiteDispersionr > v, strong1.00infobox
BotallackiteFormulaCu2(OH)3Cl1.00infobox
BotallackiteIMA symbolBlk1.00infobox
BotallackiteMohs scale hardnessSoft1.00infobox
BotallackiteOptical propertiesBiaxial (+)1.00infobox
BotallackitePleochroismWeak – blue green shades1.00infobox
BotallackiteRefractive indexnα= 1.775, nβ= 1.800, nγ= 1.8461.00infobox
BotallackiteSpace groupP21/m1.00infobox
BotallackiteSpecific gravity3.61.00infobox
BotallackiteStrunz classification3.DA.10b1.00infobox
BotallackiteUnit cella = 5.717 Å, b = 6.126 Å, c = 5.636 Å; β = 93.07°; Z = 21.00infobox

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