General Information:
Chemical Formula:Cu2(PO4)(OH)
Composition:(Molecular Weight = 239.07 gm)Copper 53.16 %
CuPhosphorus 12.96 %
P Hydrogen 0.42 %
H Oxygen 33.46 %
O Empirical Formula: Cu2(PO4)(OH)
Locality:Lubietova (German Livethen), Czechoslovakia.
Name Origin:Named after its locality.
Physical Properties: Cleavage:[100] Indistinct, [010] Indistinct
Color:green, dark green, blackish green, light olive green, or dark olive green.
Density:3.6 - 4, Average = 3.8
Diaphaniety:Translucent to subtranslucent
Habits:Prismatic - Crystals Shaped like Slender Prisms (e.g. tourmaline)., Druse - Crystal growth in a cavity which results in numerous crystal tipped surfaces., Globular - Spherical, or nea rly so, rounded forms (e.g. wavellite).
Hardness:4 - Fluorite
Luminescence:None.
Luster:Vitreous - Greasy
Streak:light green
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