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Kipushite (Kipushit)

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Kipushit mit Pseudomalachit
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Kipushit mit Pseudomalachit
Bildbreite: 2,5 mm; Fundort: Kipushi, Provinz Katanga, Demokratische Republik Kongo
Copyright: Stephan Wolfsried; Contribution: Hg
Location: Demokratische Republik Kongo/Katanga (Shaba), Provinz/Ober-Katanga (Haut-Katanga), Distrikt/Kipushi/Kipushi Mine
Mineral: Kipushite
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Kipushit mit Pseudomalachit

Bildbreite: 2,5 mm; Fundort: Kipushi, Provinz Katanga, Demokratische Republik Kongo
Copyright: Stephan Wolfsried
Contribution: Hg 2015-01-14
Locality: Kipushi Mine / Kipushi / Ober-Katanga (Haut-Katanga), Distrikt / Katanga (Shaba), Provinz / Demokratische Republik Kongo
Kipushit
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Kipushit
Bildbreite: 3 mm; Fundort: Kipushi, Provinz Katanga, Demokratische Republik Kongo
Copyright: Stephan Wolfsried; Contribution: Hg
Location: Demokratische Republik Kongo/Katanga (Shaba), Provinz/Ober-Katanga (Haut-Katanga), Distrikt/Kipushi/Kipushi Mine
Mineral: Kipushite
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Kipushit

Bildbreite: 3 mm; Fundort: Kipushi, Provinz Katanga, Demokratische Republik Kongo
Copyright: Stephan Wolfsried
Contribution: Hg 2008-10-26
Locality: Kipushi Mine / Kipushi / Ober-Katanga (Haut-Katanga), Distrikt / Katanga (Shaba), Provinz / Demokratische Republik Kongo
Kipushit mit Pseudomalachit
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Kipushit mit Pseudomalachit
Bildbreite: 2,5 mm; Fundort: Kipushi, Provinz Katanga, Demokratische Republik Kongo
Copyright: Stephan Wolfsried; Contribution: Hg
Location: Demokratische Republik Kongo/Katanga (Shaba), Provinz/Ober-Katanga (Haut-Katanga), Distrikt/Kipushi/Kipushi Mine
Mineral: Kipushite
Image: 1421231491
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Kipushit mit Pseudomalachit

Bildbreite: 2,5 mm; Fundort: Kipushi, Provinz Katanga, Demokratische Republik Kongo
Copyright: Stephan Wolfsried
Contribution: Hg 2015-01-14
Locality: Kipushi Mine / Kipushi / Ober-Katanga (Haut-Katanga), Distrikt / Katanga (Shaba), Provinz / Demokratische Republik Kongo
Kipushit xx
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Kipushit xx
Fundort: Fuchsloch, Silberberg, Brixlegg, Tirol, Österreich; Bildbreite: 4 mm
Copyright: loismin; Contribution: loismin
Location: Österreich/Tirol/Kufstein, Bezirk/Brixlegg/Zimmermoos/Geyer/Silberberg/Fuchsloch
Mineral: Kipushite
Image: 1142514889
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Kipushit xx

Fundort: Fuchsloch, Silberberg, Brixlegg, Tirol, Österreich; Bildbreite: 4 mm
Copyright: loismin
Contribution: loismin 2006-03-16
Locality: Fuchsloch / Silberberg / Geyer / Zimmermoos / Brixlegg / Kufstein, Bezirk / Tirol / Österreich
Kipushit
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Kipushit
Bildbreite: 12 mm, Fundort: Sa Duchessa, Oridda, Domusnovas, Carbonia-Iglesias, Sardinien (Sardegna), Italien
Copyright: Luigi Chiappino; Contribution: thdun5
Location: Italien/Sardinien (Sardegna), Region/Sud Sardegna, Provinz/Iglesias/Domusnovas/Oridda/Sa Duchessa
Mineral: Kipushite
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Kipushit

Bildbreite: 12 mm, Fundort: Sa Duchessa, Oridda, Domusnovas, Carbonia-Iglesias, Sardinien (Sardegna), Italien
Copyright: Luigi Chiappino
Contribution: thdun5 2010-04-27
Locality: Sa Duchessa / Oridda / Domusnovas / Iglesias / Sud Sardegna, Provinz / Sardinien (Sardegna), Region / Italien
Kipushit
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Kipushit
Spitztafelige grüne Kristalle mit farblosen Scholzit-Kristallen, BB = 2,9 mm, Fundort: Snowstorm Mine, Battle Mountain District, Lander County, Nevada, USA.
Copyright: Hannes Osterhammer; Contribution: Münchener Micromounter
Collection: Lithothek der Münchener Micromounter, Collection number: A025638, Donator: eschuhbauer
Location: USA/Nevada/Lander Co./North Battle Mountain District/Snowstorm Mine
Mineral: Kipushite
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Kipushit (SNr: A025638)

Spitztafelige grüne Kristalle mit farblosen Scholzit-Kristallen, BB = 2,9 mm, Fundort: Snowstorm Mine, Battle Mountain District, Lander County, Nevada, USA.
Collection: Lithothek der Münchener Micromounter
Copyright: Hannes Osterhammer
Contribution: Münchener Micromounter 2012-07-14
Locality: Snowstorm Mine / North Battle Mountain District / Lander Co. / Nevada / USA

You find additional Kipushit specimen at the Geolitho Museum

Collectors Summary

Color smaragdgrün, blaugrün
Streak color hellblau
Hardness (Mohs) 4
Solubility +++ Säuren
Crystal System monoklin, P21/c

Chemism

Chemical formula

(Cu,Zn)5Zn(PO4)2(OH)6·H2O

Chemical composition

Kupfer, Zink, Phosphor, Sauerstoff, Wasserstoff

Unit weight: 695.4723234 u; Number of atoms in the formula: 31

Info

Empirical formula:

(Cu0.75Zn0.25)5Zn(PO4)2(OH)6·H2O

Element

Symbol

Weight%

Atoms

Atoms%

Atom weight (u)

Sum weight (u)
Hydrogen

H

1.16

8

25.81

1.0079470

8.0635760
Oxygen

O

34.51

15

48.39

15.9994300

239.9914500
Phosphorus

P

8.91

2

6.45

30.9737612

61.9475224
Copper

Cu

34.26

3.75

12.10

63.5463000

238.2986250
Zinc

Zn

21.16

2.25

7.26

65.4094000

147.1711500

Analysis wt%

Ø CuO : 43.00, ZnO : 24.40, P2O5 : 20.90, H2O : 11.10 (Ref: Canadian Mineralogist 85)

Strunz 9th edition incl. updates

8.DA.35

8: Phosphate, Arsenate, Vanadate
D: Phosphate, mit weiteren Anionen, mit H2O
A: Mit kleinen (und gelegentlich größeren) [Kationen]
35:Kipushit-Gruppe

Lapis Classification

VII/D.19-010

VII: PHOSPHATE, ARSENATE UND VANADATE ("Phosphate" des Registers immer einschließlich isotyper Arsenate und Vanadate!)
D: Wasserhaltige Phosphate, mit fremden Anionen
19: Mittelgroße Kationen: Cu-Zn-Mn-Al-Fe

Classification by Hölzel

8.DB.300

8: PHOSPHATES ARSENATES VANADATES
D: Phosphates (+Anions +Water)
B: Valency: 2, C medium

Dana 8th edition

42.02.04.01

42: Hydrated Phosphates, etc., Containing Hydroxyl or Halogen
02: Hydrated Phosphates, etc., Containing Hydroxyl or Halogen where (AB)3 (XO4) Zq · x(H2O)
04: Kipushite Group

IMA status

Anerkannt von der CNMNC

Mineral status

anerkanntes Mineral

Optical Properties

Color

smaragdgrün, blaugrün

Streak color

hellblau

Diaphaneity (Transparency)

transparent bis durchscheinend

max. Birefringence

0.047
Birefringence chart\! Kipushite title=Birefringence chart Kipushite

Michel-Levy Color Chart viewed according to the maximum birefringence (at 30μm). Mineral color is not taken into account. Click on the image to enlarge or change thickness.

RI value α / ω / n

1.693

RI value β

1.738

RI value γ / ε

1.740

Ri mean

1.724

2V angle

Biaxial (-) 23°c

Crystallography

Crystal System

monoklin

Class (H-M)

2/m

Space Group number

14

Space Group

P21/c

Cell parameters a (Å)

12.197

Cell parameters b (Å)

9.156

Cell parameters c (Å)

10.667

Cell parameters a/b or c/a

1.332

Cell parameters c/b

1.165

Cell parameters α

90°

Cell parameters β

95.77

Cell parameters γ

90°

Z

4

Volumne (ų)

1185.21

X-Ray Powder Diffraction

12.2(50),
6.06(40),
4.03(100),
3.386(40),
2.970(60),
2.654(40),
2.554(90),
1.531(60)
XRD chart Kipushite

Calculated from d-spacing and intensity at 0.1541838 nm (Cu)

Crystals 3D

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Crystal Structure 3D

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Physical Properties

Hardness (Mohs)

4

VHN (Hardness Vickers)

190 (ungefähre Angabe abgeleitet aus der Mohshärte)

Density (g/cm³)

3.8

3.897 ( ρ calc. Mineralienatlas )

Instability

+++ Säuren

Chemical Properties and Tests

Justyna Ciesielczuk, Janusz Janeczek, Mateusz Dulski, Tomasz Krzykawski: Pseudomalachite–cornwallite and kipushite–philipsburgite solid solutions: chemical composition and Raman spectroscopy. Eur. J. Mineral. Vol. 28 (2016) S. 555-569.

(Co-)Type locality

(Co-)Type locality

Demokratische Republik Kongo/Katanga (Shaba), Provinz/Ober-Katanga (Haut-Katanga), Distrikt/Kipushi/Kipushi Mine

Preface

Associations

Rosasit, Arsendescloizit

Author (Name, Year)

Piret & Deliens & Piret-Meunier, 1985

References

Canadian Mineralogist 23 (1985), 35

Other languages

German

Kipushit

Spanish

Kipushita

French

Kipushite

English

Kipushite

Russian

Кипушит

Alternative Name

Kipushite (of Piret et al.)

CNMNC (IMA)-Number

IMA 1983-046

CNMNC symbol

Symbol

Kip

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