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Connellite

Year of discovery: 1850 (Wheal providence, UK), 1980 (Japan)

Locality list: 3 localities of connellite

• Cu₁₉Cl₄(SO₄)(OH)₃₂,3H₂O
• [Cu²⁺₁₉][(OH)₃₂|Cl₄|SO₄]^38-,3H₂O

• Class: Sulfate - Chloride - Hydroxide - Hydrate
• Soluble in: HCl, HNO₃, H₂SO₄, NH₃aq

• SO₄ => (NO₃)₂: Buttgenbachite (Series)

• Color: Blue
• Streak: Pale greenish blue
• Luster: Vitreous
• Diaphaneity: Transparent

• Cleavage: No
• Hardness: 3
• Density: 3.4

• System: Hexagonal
• Group: (-6)m2, P(-6)₂c
• Lattice: a=15.8, c=9.1