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Jacquesdietrichite

Year of discovery: 2003 (Tachgagalt mine, Morocco), 2010 (Japan)

Locality list: A locality of jacquesdietrichite

• Cu₂BO(OH)₅
• [Cu²⁺₂][(OH)₃|H₂BO₃]^4-

• Class: Nesoborate - Hydroxide

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

• Cleavage: Perfect on {100} (1 plane), Good on {010} and {001} (2 planes)
• Hardness: 2
• Density: 3.3

• System: Orthorhombic
• Group: mmm, Pmna
• Lattice: a=9.5, b=5.9, c=8.7