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Ramsbeckite

Year of discovery: 1984 (Bastenberg mine, Germany), 2001 (Japan)

Locality list: 3 localities of ramsbeckite

• Cu₁₅(SO₄)₄(OH)₂₂,6H₂O
• (Cu,Zn)₁₅(SO₄)₄(OH)₂₂,6H₂O
• [Cu²⁺₁₅][(OH)₂₂|(SO₄)₄]^30-,6H₂O

• Class: Sulfate - Hydroxide - Hydrate

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

• Cleavage: No
• Hardness: 3.5
• Density: 3.4

• System: Monoclinic
• Group: 2/m, P2₁/a
• Lattice: a=16.1, b=15.6, c=7.1, β=90.2