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Claraite

Year of discovery: 1982 (Clara mine, Germany)

Locality list:

• (Cu,Zn)₁₅(CO₃)₄(AsO₄)₂SO₄(OH)₁₄,7H₂O
• [(Cu,Zn)²⁺₁₅][(OH)₁₄|(CO₃)₄|SO₄|(AsO₄)₂]^30-,7H₂O

• Class: Arsenate - Sulfate - Carbonate - Hydroxide - Hydrate
• Soluble in: HCl (with bubbles)

• Color: Light blue
• Luster: Vitreous
• Diaphaneity: Translucent

• Cleavage: Perfect (1 plane) on {10(-1)0}
• Density: 3.3

• System: Monoclinic
• Group: (-1), P(-1)
• Lattice: a=10.3, b=12.8, c=14.8, α=113.2, β=90.8, γ=89.8