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Lindgrenite

Year of discovery: 1935 (Chuquicamata mine, Chile), 2000 (Japan)

Locality list: A locality of lindgrenite

• Cu₃(MoO₄)₂(OH)₂
• [Cu²⁺₃][(OH)₂|(MoO₄)₂]^6-

• Class: Molybdate - Hydroxide
• Soluble in: HCl, HNO₃

• Color: Green, Yellowish green
• Streak: Pale green
• Luster: Resinous
• Diaphaneity: Transparent

• Cleavage: Perfect on {010} (1 plane), Poor on {101} and {100}
• Hardness: 4.5
• Density: 4.3

• System: Monoclinic
• Group: 2/m, P2₁/n
• Lattice: a=5.4, b=14.0, c=5.6, β=98.5