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Mindat Short Description

Adelite-Descloizite Group. Descloizite-Mottramite Series. Duftite-Mottramite Series. The copper analogue of Descloizite.

A secondary mineral frequently found principally in the oxidized zones of ore deposits.

Geoscience Ontology Status Notes

Roscoe H E (1876) On two new vanadiium minerals, Proceedings of the Royal Society of London 25, 109-112

IMA Formula (from Mindat)

PbCu(VO₄)(OH)

RRUFF Formula (from Geoscience Ontology)

Pb²⁺Cu²⁺V⁵⁺O₄(OH)

Additional References

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

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