Spertiniite Mineral Data

General Spertiniite Information

Chemical Formula:

Cu(OH)2

Composition:

Molecular Weight = 97.56 gm

Copper 65.13 % Cu 81.53 % CuO

Hydrogen 2.07 % H 18.47 % H₂O

Oxygen 32.80 % O

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100.00 % 100.00 % = TOTAL OXIDE

Empirical Formula:

Cu(OH)₂

Environment:

Alteration from chalcocite in alkaline groundwater, in a rodingite dike near the contact with a serpentinized dunite.

IMA Status:

Approved IMA 1981

Locality:

Jeffrey mine, Canada Link to MinDat.org Location Data.

Name Origin:

Named for Francesco Spertini (1937- ), Chief Geologist, Jeffrey mine, Asbestos, Canada, who submitted the first sample.

Name Pronunciation:

Spertiniite + Pronunciation

Synonym:

ICSD 68459

IMA1980-033

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Spertiniite Image

Images:

Spertiniite

Comments: Sparse blue spertiniite on serpentinite rock.
Location: Jeffrey Quarry, Asbestos, Quebec, Canada. Scale: See Photo.
© Jeff Weissman / Photographic Guide to Mineral Species

Spertiniite Crystallography

Axial Ratios:

a:b:c =0.2786:1:0.4963

Cell Dimensions:

a = 2.951, b = 10.592, c = 5.257, Z = 4; V = 164.32 Den(Calc)= 3.94

Crystal System:

Orthorhombic - Pyramidal H-M Symbol (mm2) Space Group: C mc2₁

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

By Intensity(I/I_o): 2.63(1), 3.73(0.9), 5.29(0.8),

Physical Properties of Spertiniite

Cleavage:

None

Color:

Blue, Blue green.

Density:

3.93

Diaphaneity:

Transparent

Luster:

Vitreous (Glassy)

Optical Properties of Spertiniite

Gladstone-Dale:

CI meas= 0.09 (Poor) - where the CI = (1-KPDmeas/KC)
CI calc= 0.093 (Poor) - where the CI = (1-KPDcalc/KC)
KPDcalc= 0.1827,KPDmeas= 0.1832,KC= 0.2014
Ncalc = 1.79

Optical Data:

Biaxial (?), a=1.72

Calculated Properties of Spertiniite

Electron Density:

Bulk Density (Electron Density)=3.79 gm/cc
note: Specific Gravity of Spertiniite =3.93 gm/cc.

Fermion Index:

Fermion Index = 0.000160534
Boson Index = 0.999839466

Photoelectric:

PE_Spertiniite= 28.52 barns/electron
U=PE_Spertiniite x rElectron Density= 108.00 barns/cc.

Radioactivity:

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

Spertiniite Classification

Dana Class:

06.02.04.01 (06)Hydroxides and Oxides Containing Hydroxyl

(06.02)where X++ (OH)2

(06.02.04)Dana Group

06.02.04.01 Spertiniite Cu(OH)2 C mc2₁ mm2

Strunz Class:

04.FD.05 04 - OXIDES (Hydroxides, V[5,6] vanadates, arsenites, antimonites, bismuthites, sulfites, selenites, tellurites, iodate

04.F - Hydroxides (without V or U)

04.FD -Hydroxides with OH, without H2O; chains of edge-sharing octahedra

04.FD.05 Spertiniite Cu(OH)2 C mc2₁ mm2

Other Spertiniite 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 Spertiniite :
1 - Alkali-Nuts(English)
2 - Alkali-Nuts(Francais)
3 - Am. Min. Crystal Structure Database
4 - Athena
5 - EUROmin Project
6 - Ecole des Mines de Paris
7 - GeoScienceWorld
8 - Google Images
9 - Google Scholar
10 - Handbook of Mineralogy (MinSocAm)
11 - Handbook of Mineralogy (UofA)
12 - MinDAT
13 - Mineralienatlas (Deutsch)
14 - Online Mineral Museum
15 - QUT Mineral Atlas
16 - Ruff.Info
17 - WWW-MINCRYST

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Spertiniite

Cu(OH)2
Dana No: 06.02.04.01 Strunz No: 04.FD.05
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