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Diaboleite

Year of discovery: 1923 (Higher Pitts mine, UK), 2015 (Japan)

Locality list: A locality of diaboleite

• Pb₂CuCl₂(OH)₄
• [Pb²⁺₂][Cu²⁺][(OH)₄|Cl₂]^6-

• Class: Chloride - Hydroxide
• Soluble in: HNO₃

• Color: Dark blue, Blue
• Streak: Blue
• Luster: Adamandine
• Diaphaneity: Transparent-Translucent

• Cleavage: Perfect on {001} (1 planes)
• Hardness: 2.5
• Density: 5.4

• System: Tetragonal
• Group: 4mm, P4mm
• Lattice: a=5.9, c=5.5