Libethenite Mineral Data

Libethenite Mineral Data
Search Webmineral :
   
Home Crystal jmol jPOWD Chem X Ray Dana Strunz Properties A to Z Images       News Help About



[Content and History] [Recent Issues] [Back Issues] [Subscriptions] [Contacts]
See Also: [Diamond Crystals] [Excalibur Minerals] [Hudson Institute] [Minerals on CDROM]
Mineral News was founded some twenty years ago and has developed a following of
avid mineral collectors seeking timely information about new finds and other items
of interest to the collector community. Articles are solicited from collector and scientific authors.


General Libethenite Information

Help on Chemical Formula: Chemical Formula: Cu2(PO4)(OH)
Help on Composition: Composition: Molecular Weight = 239.07 gm
   Copper      53.16 %  Cu   66.55 % CuO
   Phosphorus  12.96 %  P    29.69 % P2O5
   Hydrogen     0.42 %  H     3.77 % H2O
   Oxygen      33.46 %  O
              ______        ______ 
              100.00 %      100.00 % = TOTAL OXIDE
Help on Empirical Formula: Empirical Formula: Cu2(PO4)(OH)
Help on IMA Status: IMA Status: Valid Species (Pre-IMA) 1823
Help on Locality: Locality: Lubietova (German Livethen), Czechoslovakia. Link to MinDat.org Location Data.
Help on Name Origin: Name Origin: Named after its locality.
Help on Name Pronunciation: Name Pronunciation: Libethenite + Pronunciation Say LIBETHENITE
Help on Synonym: Synonym: Chinoite
  ICSD 120445
  PDF 36-404
 

Libethenite Image

Click Here for Larger Libethenite Image in a New Browser Window Images:
Click Here for Larger Libethenite Image

Libethenite

Comments: Rich pine green crystals of libethenite on matrix.
Location: Tyrone, Grant Co., New Mexico. USA. Scale: Crystal size to 2mm.
© John Veevaert
Click Here for Larger Libethenite Image in a New Browser Window Images:
Click Here for Larger Libethenite Image

Libethenite

Comments: Dark to light green pseudo-octahedral crystals of libethenite to 1.5mm on matrix.
Location: KOV pit, Kolwezi, Katanga, Congo. Scale: Picture size 5 mm.
© Tom Loomis / Dakota Matrix

Libethenite Crystallography
Help on Axial Ratios: Axial Ratios: a:b:c =0.9591:1:0.6998
Help on Cell Dimensions: Cell Dimensions: a = 8.1, b = 8.445, c = 5.91, Z = 4; V = 404.27 Den(Calc)= 3.93
Help on Crystal System: Crystal System: Orthorhombic - DipyramidalH-M Symbol (2/m 2/m 2/m) Space Group: Pnnm
Help on X Ray Diffraction: X Ray Diffraction: By Intensity(I/Io): 2.63(1), 4.81(1), 5.85(0.9),
Help on Forms: Forms:

Mouse
Dbl Clk - Start-Stop Rotation
RMB - Cycle Display Modes
Drag1 - Manipulate Crystal
Drag2 - Resize
Keyboard
S - Stereo
I - Indicies
<space> - Start-Stop Rotation
F - Fit to Screen
M - Menu
Help on Above

Forms: ( 1 1 1) ( 0 1 0) ( 0 1 1) ( 1 1 0) ( 1 0 0) ( 1 0 1)

Warning: this large pop-up is very compute intensive and may not work well with some computers.
Click Here for Large Libethenite Structure Window Crystal Structure:

Mouse
drag1 - LMB Manipulate Structure
drag2 - RMB Resize/Rotate
Keyboard
S - Stereo Pair on/off
H - Help Screen
I - Data Info
A - Atoms On/Off
P - Polyhedra On/Off
B - Bonds On/Off
 Help on Above


Cordsen A , The Canadian Mineralogist , 16 (1978) p.153-157, A crystal-structure refinement of libethenite

 

Physical Properties of Libethenite

Help on Cleavage: Cleavage: {100} Indistinct, {010} Indistinct
Help on Color: Color: Green, Dark green, Blackish green, Light olive green, Dark olive green.
Help on Density: Density: 3.6 - 4, Average = 3.8
Help on Diaphaneity: Diaphaneity: Translucent to subtranslucent
Help on Fracture: Fracture: Brittle - Generally displayed by glasses and most non-metallic minerals.
Help on Habit: Habit: Druse - Crystal growth in a cavity which results in numerous crystal tipped surfaces.
Help on Habit: Habit: Globular - Spherical, or nearly so, rounded forms (e.g. wavellite).
Help on Habit: Habit: Prismatic - Crystals Shaped like Slender Prisms (e.g. tourmaline).
Help on Hardness: Hardness: 4 - Fluorite
Help on Luminescence: Luminescence: Non-fluorescent.
Help on Luster: Luster: Vitreous - Greasy
Help on Streak: Streak: light green
 

Optical Properties of Libethenite

Help on Gladstone-Dale: Gladstone-Dale: CI meas= -0.088 (Poor) - where the CI = (1-KPDmeas/KC)
CI calc= -0.052 (Good) - where the CI = (1-KPDcalc/KC)
KPDcalc= 0.1897,KPDmeas= 0.1961,KC= 0.1803
Ncalc = 1.65 - 1.72
Help on Optical Data: Optical Data: Biaxial (-), a=1.702, b=1.745, g=1.789, bire=0.0870, 2V(Calc)=88, 2V(Meas)=80-90. Dispersion relatively strong.
Help on Pleochroism (x): Pleochroism (x): n.
 

Calculated Properties of Libethenite

Help on Electron Density: Electron Density: Bulk Density (Electron Density)=3.75 gm/cc
note: Specific Gravity of Libethenite =3.93 gm/cc.
Help on Fermion Index: Fermion Index: Fermion Index = 0.0001612483
Boson Index = 0.9998387517
Help on Photoelectric: Photoelectric: PELibethenite = 24.11 barns/electron
U=PELibethenite x rElectron Density= 90.38 barns/cc.
Help on Radioactivity: Radioactivity: GRapi = 0 (Gamma Ray American Petroleum Institute Units)
Libethenite is Not Radioactive
 

Libethenite Classification
Help on Dana Class: Dana Class: 41.06.06.02 (41)Anhydrous Phosphates, etc. Containing Hydroxyl or Halogen
  (41.06)where (A)2 (XO4) Zq
  (41.06.06)Olivenite Group
 
41.06.06.01 Olivenite Cu2AsO4(OH) P 21/n 2/m
 
41.06.06.02 Libethenite Cu2(PO4)(OH) Pnnm 2/m 2/m 2/m
 
41.06.06.03 Adamite Zn2(AsO4)(OH) Pnnm 2/m 2/m 2/m
 
41.06.06.04 Eveite Mn2(AsO4)(OH) Pnnm 2/m 2/m 2/m
 
41.06.06.05 Zincolibethenite! CuZn(PO4)OH Pnnm 2/m 2/m 2/m
 
41.06.06.06 Zincolivenite! CuZn(AsO4)(OH) Pnnm 2/m 2/m 2/m
Help on Strunz Class: Strunz Class: 08.BB.30 08 - PHOSPHATES, ARSENATES, VANADATES
  08.B - Phosphates, etc. with Additional Anions, without H2O
  08.BB -With only medium-sized cations, (OH, etc.):RO4 £ 1:1
 
08.BB.30 Eveite Mn2(AsO4)(OH) Pnnm 2/m 2/m 2/m
 
08.BB.30 Adamite Zn2(AsO4)(OH) Pnnm 2/m 2/m 2/m
 
08.BB.30 Libethenite Cu2(PO4)(OH) Pnnm 2/m 2/m 2/m
 
08.BB.30 Olivenite Cu2AsO4(OH) P 21/n 2/m
 
08.BB.30 Zincolibethenite! CuZn(PO4)OH Pnnm 2/m 2/m 2/m
 
08.BB.30 Zincolivenite! CuZn(AsO4)(OH) Pnnm 2/m 2/m 2/m
 

Other Libethenite Information
Help on References: References: NAME( Duda&Rejl90) PHYS. PROP.(Enc. of Minerals,2nd ed.,1990) OPTIC PROP.(Ford32)
Help on See Also: See Also: Links to other databases for Libethenite :
1 - Am. Min. Crystal Structure Database
2 - Amethyst Galleries' Mineral Gallery
3 - Athena
4 - EUROmin Project
5 - Ecole des Mines de Paris
6 - Google Images
7 - Google Scholar
8 - Handbook of Mineralogy (MinSocAm)
9 - Handbook of Mineralogy (UofA)
10 - MinDAT
11 - MinMax(Deutsch)
12 - MinMax(English)
13 - Mineralienatlas (Deutsch)
14 - QUT Mineral Atlas
15 - Ruff.Info
16 - WWW-MINCRYST
17 - theimage

Search for Libethenite using:

Google
 
Web webmineral.com
[ALTAVISTA] [AOL] [All-The-Web] [HotBot] [Ixquick] [MAMMA] [MSN.COM] [Netscape] [Scirus] [Teoma] [Wikipedia] [YAHOO]

Visit our Advertisers for Libethenite :

AA Mineral Specimens

B & L Fine Minerals

Dan Weinrich Fine Minerals

Dan Weinrich Auctions

Dakota Matrix

Excalibur Minerals

Exceptional Minerals

Fabre Minerals

Heliodor

John Betts Fine Minerals

Mason's Minerals

Mineral News

Mineral of the Month Club

Wrights Rock Shop

Translate Libethenite Mineral Data :

Ask about Libethenite here :
Ask-A-Mineralogist from the Mineralogical Society of America
Mindat.org's Discussion Groups
Original Rockhounds Discussion Group
Rockhounds Discussion Group on Yahoo Groups
Mineral Discussion Forum from Fabre Minerals - also available in Español

Print or Cut-and-Paste your Libethenite Specimen Label here :

Libethenite

Cu2(PO4)(OH)
Dana No: 41.06.06.02 Strunz No: 08.BB.30
Locality:

 

Notes: