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Philipsburgite

Year of discovery: 1985 (Black Pine mine, USA), 2010 (Japan)

Locality list: A locality of philipsburgite

• Cu₆(AsO₄)₂(OH)₆,H₂O
• (Cu,Zn)₆(AsO₄,PO₄)₂(OH)₆,H₂O
• [Cu²⁺₆][(OH)₆|(AsO₄)₂]^12-,H₂O

• Class: Arsenate - Hydroxide - Hydrate

• AsO₄ => PO₄: Kipushite

• Color: Green
• Streak: Pale green
• Luster: Vitreous
• Diaphaneity: Transparent

• Cleavage: No
• Hardness: 3-4
• Density: 4.1

• System: Monoclinic
• Group: 2/m, P2₁/c
• Lattice: a=12.3, b=9.2, c=10.7, β=96.9