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Kinoite

Year of discovery: 1970 (Santa Rita mountains, USA), 2001 (Japan)

Locality list: A locality of kinoite

• Ca₂Cu₂Si₃O₁₀,2H₂O
• [Ca²⁺₂][Cu²⁺₂][Si₃O₁₀]^8-,2H₂O

• Class: Sorosilicate - Hydrate

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

• Cleavage: Good on {010} (1 plane), Distinct on {001} and {100} (2 planes)
• Hardness: 5
• Density: 3.2

• System: Monoclinic
• Group: 2/m, P2₁/m
• Lattice: a=7.0, b=12.9, c=5.7, β=96.2