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Elyite

Year of discovery: 1972 (Ward mine (Silver King mine), USA), 1997 (Japan)

Locality list: A locality of elyite

• Pb₄Cu(SO₄)O₂(OH)₄,H₂O
• [Pb²⁺₄][Cu²⁺][(OH)₄|O₂|SO₄]^10-,H₂O

• Class: Sulfate - Oxide - Hydroxide - Hydrate

• Color: Purple-White
• Streak: Pale purple
• Luster: Silky
• Diaphaneity: Transparent

• Habit: Acicular

• Cleavage: Good on {100} (1 planes)
• Hardness: 2
• Density: 6.0

• System: Monoclinic
• Group: 2/m, P2₁/c
• Lattice: a=14.2, b=11.5, c=14.6, β=100.5