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Mindat Short Description

Chalcanthite Group. Copper analogue of siderotil and pentahydrite.

Chalcanthite is natural, water-soluble copper sulphate pentahydrate. It is a secondary mineral that is formed in arid climates or in rapidly oxidizing copper deposits. It is usually...

Geoscience Ontology Status Notes

Mineral name has been known since antiquity and predates any formal descriptive publication. for example: Dioscorides P, [Translated by Cornarius J, 1557] (70) Chalcantum, in De materia medica Libri V., Froben (Basileae) 451-453

IMA Formula (from Mindat)

Cu(SO₄) · 5H₂O

RRUFF Formula (from Geoscience Ontology)

Cu²⁺S⁶⁺O₄·5H₂O

Additional References

• http://www.handbookofmineralogy.com/pdfs/chalcanthite.pdf

• http://www.webmineral.com/data/Chalcanthite.shtml