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Definition of Brochantite

Brochantite
Brochantite Broch"an*tite, n. [From Brochant de Villiers, a French mineralogist.] (Min.) A basic sulphate of copper, occurring in emerald-green crystals.

Meaning of Brochantite from wikipedia

- Brochantite is a sulfate mineral, one of a number of cupric sulfates. Its chemical formula is Cu4SO4(OH)6. Formed in arid climates or in rapidly oxidizing...
- and brochantite. Azurite (2CuCO3·Cu(OH)2) and malachite (CuCO3·Cu(OH)2) are hydroxy-carbonates, whereas antlerite (CuSO4·2Cu(OH)2) and brochantite (CuSO4·3Cu(OH)2)...
- the Kennecot Copper Mine in Bingham Canyon, West Valley City, Utah. Brochantite (emerald green) and chrysocolla, from the Rokana Mine, Zambian Copperbelt...
- of zeolites) Brezinaite Brianite Brianyoungite Briartite Bridgmanite Brochantite Brockite Bromargyrite Bromellite Bronzite Brookite Brownleeite Brownmillerite...
- A specimen of Brochantite from the Lavender Pit...
- 84 86 H200L30C33 Calcite Grey Green 200° 40% 5% 82 96 95 H200L40C05 Brochantite Green 200° 40% 10% 72 98 98 H200L40C10 Pyrite Green 200° 40% 15% 58 99...
- include malachite, olivenite, quartz, limonite, adamite, azurite, and brochantite among others. Clinoclase was discovered in 1830 in the county of Cornwall...
- ****ociated minerals include: Calcite and its polymorph, aragonite, both CaCO3 Brochantite, Cu4(SO4)(OH)6 Chalcopyrite, CuFeS2 Malachite, Cu2(CO3)(OH)2 Melanterite...
- through three intergrown stalactites with bulls-eye banding Aventurine Brochantite Chrysocolla Dioptase Green pigments List of inorganic pigments Plancheite...
- sources describe the main copper salt in natural verdigris as Cu4SO4(OH)6 (brochantite). Still other sources describe it as basic copper carbonate (Cu2CO3(OH)2)...