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词条 Cornwallite
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  1. Discovery and occurrence

  2. References

{{infobox mineral
| name = Cornwallite
| image = Cornwallite-178955.jpg
| imagesize = 260px
| alt =
| caption = Cornwallite in a vug from Pastrana, Murcia, Spain (size: 4.3 x 3.7 x 2.2 cm)
| category = Arsenate mineral
| formula = Cu5(AsO4)2(OH)4
| strunz = 8.BD.05
| dana = 41.4.2.2
| system = Monoclinic
| class = Prismatic (2/m)
(same H-M symbol)
| symmetry = P21/c
| unit cell = a = 17.33 Å, b = 5.82 Å,
c = 4.60 Å; β = 92.22°; Z = 2
| color = Verdigis green, blackish-green, emerald-green
| habit = Microcrystalline radial fibrous, botryoidal to globular crusts
| twinning =
| cleavage = Distinct in one direction
| fracture = Conchoidal
| tenacity = Brittle
| mohs = 4.5
| luster = Sub-vitreous, resinous, waxy
| streak = Apple green
| diaphaneity = Translucent to opaque
| gravity = 4.17
| density =
| polish =
| opticalprop = Biaxial (+/-)
| refractive = nα = 1.810 - 1.820 nβ = 1.815 - 1.860 nγ = 1.850 - 1.880
| birefringence = δ = 0.040 - 0.060
| pleochroism =
| 2V = Measured: 30° to 50°
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| references = [1][2][3][4]
}}

Cornwallite is an uncommon copper arsenate mineral with formula Cu5(AsO4)2(OH)4. It forms a series with the phosphate pseudomalachite and is a dimorph of the triclinic cornubite. It is a green monoclinic mineral which forms as radial to fibrous encrustations.

Discovery and occurrence

It was first described in 1846, for an occurrence in Wheal Gorland, St Day United Mines of the St Day District, Cornwall, England.[3] It occurs as secondary mineral in the oxidized zone of copper sulfide deposits. Associated minerals include olivenite, cornubite, arthurite, clinoclase, chalcophyllite, strashimirite, lavendulan, tyrolite, spangolite, austinite, conichalcite, brochantite, azurite and malachite.[2]

References

1. ^[https://www.mineralienatlas.de/lexikon/index.php/MineralData?mineral=Cornwallite Mineralienatlas]
2. ^Cornwallite in the Handbook of Mineralogy
3. ^Cornwallite on Mindat.org
4. ^Cornwallite data on Webmineral

2 : Arsenate minerals|Monoclinic minerals

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