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Zincolivenite

Year of discovery: 2006 (Agios Konstantinos, Greece), 1991 (Japan)

Locality list: 2 localities of zincolivenite

• CuZnAsO₄(OH)
• [Cu²⁺][Zn²⁺][OH|AsO₄]^4-

• Class: Olivenite group
• Class: Arsenate - Hydroxide

• Cu => Zn: Adamite (Series), Paradamite

• Zn => Cu: Olivenite (Series)

• AsO₄ => PO₄: Zincolibethenite

• Color: Green, Greenish blue
• Streak: White
• Luster: Vitreous
• Diaphaneity: Translucent

• Cleavage: Perfect on {010} (1 plane), Indistinct on {101} (2 planes)
• Hardness: 3.5
• Density: 4.3

• System: Orthorhombic
• Group: mmm, Pnnm
• Lattice: a=8.6, b=8.5, c=6.0