Botallackite Mineral Data

General Botallackite Information

Chemical Formula:

Cu2Cl(OH)3

Composition:

Molecular Weight = 213.57 gm

Copper 59.51 % Cu 74.49 % CuO

Hydrogen 1.42 % H 12.65 % H₂O

Chlorine 16.60 % Cl 16.60 % Cl

- % Cl -3.75 % -O=Cl₂

Oxygen 22.47 % O

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100.00 % 100.00 % = TOTAL OXIDE

Empirical Formula:

Cu₂Cl(OH)₃

Environment:

In copper-bearing deposits, in areas with high chlorine concentrations or weathered while exposed to seawater; a reaction product of slag immersed in seawater.

IMA Status:

Valid Species (Pre-IMA) 1865

Locality:

In the Wheal Cock and West Wheal Owles, the Botallack and Levant mines, St. Just, and a few other places in Cornwall, England. Link to MinDat.org Location Data.

Name Origin:

For the occurrence in the Botallack mine, Cornwall, England.

Name Pronunciation:

Botallackite + Pronunciation

Synonym:

ICSD 71001

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Botallackite Image

Images:

Botallackite

Comments: Well crystallized (although the crystals are small) botallackite on matrix.
Location: A European classic from the type locality, Botallack mine, St Just, England. Scale: 5 x 4 cm.
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Botallackite Crystallography

Axial Ratios:

a:b:c =0.9329:1:0.9193

Cell Dimensions:

a = 5.715, b = 6.126, c = 5.632, Z = 2; beta = 93.07° V = 196.89 Den(Calc)= 3.60

Crystal System:

Monoclinic - Prismatic H-M Symbol (2/m) Space Group: P 2₁/m

$Help on X Ray Diffraction:$ X Ray Diffraction:

By Intensity(I/I_o): 5.66(1), 2.4(0.8), 2.57(0.7),

Physical Properties of Botallackite

Cleavage:

{100} Perfect

Color:

Blue green, Green, Light blue green, Light green.

Density:

3.6

Streak:

light green

Optical Properties of Botallackite

Gladstone-Dale:

CI meas= -0.009 (Superior) - where the CI = (1-KPDmeas/KC)
CI calc= -0.009 (Superior) - where the CI = (1-KPDcalc/KC)
KPDcalc= 0.2242,KPDmeas= 0.2242,KC= 0.2221
Ncalc = 1.8

Optical Data:

Biaxial (+), a=1.775, b=1.8, g=1.846, bire=0.0710

Calculated Properties of Botallackite

Electron Density:

Bulk Density (Electron Density)=3.44 gm/cc
note: Specific Gravity of Botallackite =3.60 gm/cc.

Fermion Index:

Fermion Index = 0.0001100017
Boson Index = 0.9998899983

Photoelectric:

PE_Botallackite= 27.37 barns/electron
U=PE_Botallackite x rElectron Density= 94.12 barns/cc.

Radioactivity:

GRapi = 0 (Gamma Ray American Petroleum Institute Units)
Botallackite is Not Radioactive

Botallackite Classification

Dana Class:

10.01.03.01 (10)Oxyhalides and Hydroxyhalides

(10.01)where (A)2 (O,OH)3 Xq

(10.01.03)Dana Group

10.01.03.01 Botallackite Cu2Cl(OH)3 P 2₁/m 2/m

Strunz Class:

03.DA.10b 03 - HALIDES

03.D - Oxyhalides, Hydroxyhalides and Related Double Halides

03.DA -With Cu, etc., without Pb

03.DA.10b Botallackite Cu2Cl(OH)3 P 2₁/m 2/m

03.DA.10b Clinoatacamite! Cu2(OH)3Cl P 2₁/n 2/m

03.DA.10b Belloite! Cu(OH)Cl P 2₁/a 2/m

Other Botallackite Information

References:

NAME( AntBidBlaNic3) PHYS. PROP.(Enc. of Minerals,2nd ed.,1990) OPTIC PROP.(Enc. of Minerals,2nd ed.,1990)

See Also:

Links to other databases for Botallackite :
1 - Am. Min. Crystal Structure Database
2 - Athena
3 - EUROmin Project
4 - Ecole des Mines de Paris
5 - GeoScienceWorld
6 - Google Images
7 - Google Scholar
8 - Handbook of Mineralogy (MinSocAm)
9 - Handbook of Mineralogy (UofA)
10 - MinDAT
11 - Mineralienatlas (Deutsch)
12 - Online Mineral Museum
13 - QUT Mineral Atlas
14 - Ruff.Info
15 - WWW-MINCRYST

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Botallackite

Cu2Cl(OH)3
Dana No: 10.01.03.01 Strunz No: 03.DA.10b
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