Shattuckite Mineral Data

General Shattuckite Information

Chemical Formula:

Cu5(SiO3)4(OH)2

Composition:

Molecular Weight = 656.08 gm

Copper 48.43 % Cu 60.62 % CuO

Silicon 17.12 % Si 36.63 % SiO₂

Hydrogen 0.31 % H 2.75 % H₂O

Oxygen 34.14 % O

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100.00 % 100.00 % = TOTAL OXIDE

Empirical Formula:

Cu₅Si₄O₁₂(OH)₂

Environment:

Secondary mineral after malachite.

IMA Status:

Valid Species (Pre-IMA) 1915

Locality:

Shattuck mine, Bisbee, Cochise Co., Arizona, USA. Link to MinDat.org Location Data.

Name Origin:

Named after its locality.

Name Pronunciation:

Shattuckite + Pronunciation

Synonym:

ICSD 100072

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Shattuckite Image

Images:

Shattuckite Ajoite

Comments: Dark blue, tabular crystals of shattuckite on light blue ajoite.
Location: New Cornelia mine, Ajo, Pima County, Arizona, USA. Scale: Not Given.
© Lou Perloff / Photo Atlas of Minerals

Images:

Shattuckite

Comments: Blue micro acicular or fibrous crystals of shattuckite to 0.1mm free standing in vug.
Location: New Cornelia mine, Pima Co., Arizona, USA. Scale: Picture size 2.5 mm.
© Tom Loomis / Dakota Matrix

Images:

Shattuckite

Comments: Blue, globular aggregates of radial shattuckite crystals.
Location: Grand View Mine, Grand Canyon, Coconino County, Arizona, USA. Scale: See Image.
© Jeff Weissman / Photographic Guide to Mineral Species

Shattuckite Crystallography

Axial Ratios:

a:b:c =0.4984:1:0.2716

Cell Dimensions:

a = 9.876, b = 19.812, c = 5.381, Z = 4; V = 1,052.86 Den(Calc)= 4.14

Crystal System:

Orthorhombic - Dipyramidal H-M Symbol (2/m 2/m 2/m) Space Group: Pcab

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

By Intensity(I/I_o): 4.432(1), 2.3659(0.7), 3.5(0.7),

Physical Properties of Shattuckite

Cleavage:

{010} Perfect, {100} Perfect

Color:

Blue, Dark blue, Green.

Density:

3.8

Diaphaneity:

Transparent to translucent

Habit:

Fibrous - Crystals made up of fibers.

Habit:

Granular - Generally occurs as anhedral to subhedral crystals in matrix.

Luminescence:

Non-fluorescent.

Luster:

Vitreous (Glassy)

Magnetism:

Nonmagnetic

Streak:

pale blue

Optical Properties of Shattuckite

Gladstone-Dale:

CI meas= -0.093 (Poor) - where the CI = (1-KPDmeas/KC)
CI calc= -0.003 (Superior) - where the CI = (1-KPDcalc/KC)
KPDcalc= 0.1892,KPDmeas= 0.2061,KC= 0.1886
Ncalc = 1.72 - 1.78

Optical Data:

Biaxial (+), a=1.753, b=1.782, g=1.815, bire=0.0620

Pleochroism (x):

dark blue.

Pleochroism (y):

blue.

Pleochroism (z):

light blue.

Calculated Properties of Shattuckite

Electron Density:

Bulk Density (Electron Density)=3.98 gm/cc
note: Specific Gravity of Shattuckite =4.14 gm/cc.

Fermion Index:

Fermion Index = 0.0081608859
Boson Index = 0.9918391141

Photoelectric:

PE_Shattuckite= 21.92 barns/electron
U=PE_Shattuckite x rElectron Density= 87.13 barns/cc.

Radioactivity:

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

Shattuckite Classification

Dana Class:

65.01.07.01 (65)Inosilicate Single-Width Unbranched Chains, W=1

(65.01)with chains P=2

(65.01.07)Dana Group

65.01.07.01 Shattuckite Cu5(SiO3)4(OH)2 Pcab 2/m 2/m 2/m

Strunz Class:

09.DB.40 09 - SILICATES (Germanates)

09.D - Inosilicates* Structural terminology according to Liebau (1985)

09.DB -Inosilicates with 2-periodic single chains, Si2O6; Pyroxene-related minerals

09.DB.40 Shattuckite Cu5(SiO3)4(OH)2 Pcab 2/m 2/m 2/m

Other Shattuckite Information

References:

NAME( Ford32) PHYS. PROP.(Enc. of Minerals,2nd ed.,1990) OPTIC PROP.(Dana8)

See Also:

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

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Cu5(SiO3)4(OH)2
Dana No: 65.01.07.01 Strunz No: 09.DB.40
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