General Information:
Chemical Formula:(Zn,Cu)5Al3(SO4)1.5(OH)16·9(H2O)
Composition:(Molecular Weight = 982.56 gm)Aluminum 8.24 %
AlZinc 19.97 %
ZnCopper 12.93 %
CuHydrogen 3.49 %
H Sulfur 4.90 %
S Oxygen 50.48 %
O Empirical Formula: Zn3Cu2Al3(SO4)1.5(OH)16·9(H2O)
Environment:Ancient lead slags.
Locality:Laurium, Greece.
Name Origin:Named from the Greek for "blue" and "waxlike".
Physical Properties: Cleavage:[???] Perfect
Color:white, sky blue, gray, greenish, or brownish.
Density:2.4
Diaphaniety:Transparent
Habits:Aggregates - Made of numerous individual crystals or clusters., Nodular - Tuberose forms having irregular protuberances over the surface., Radial - Crystals radiate from a center with out producing stellar forms (e.g. stibni
Hardness:1 - Talc
Luster:Waxy
Streak:bluish white
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