Commonly spherulitic aggregates of acicular crystals
Cleavage
perfect along [010] and [100]
Fracture
uneven
Mohs scale hardness
3.5
Luster
Dull to silky
Streak
Blue
Diaphaneity
Translucent to opaque
Specific gravity
4.1 (rather heavy for a non-metallic mineral)
Optical properties
Biaxial (+)
Refractive index
nα = 1.753, nβ = 1.782, nγ = 1.815
Pleochroism
X = very pale blue; Y = pale blue; Z = deep blue
References
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Shattuckite is a copper silicate hydroxide mineral with formula Cu5(SiO3)4(OH)2. It crystallizes in the orthorhombic – dipyramidal crystal system and usually occurs in a granular massive form and also as fibrous acicular crystals. It is closely allied to plancheite in structure and appearance.
Shattuckite is a relatively rare copper silicate mineral. It was first discovered in 1915 in the copper mines of Bisbee, Arizona, specifically the Shattuck Mine (hence the name). It is a secondary mineral that forms from the alteration of other secondary minerals. At the Shattuck Mine, it forms pseudomorphs after malachite. A pseudomorph is an atom by atom replacement of a crystal structure by another crystal structure, but with little alteration of the outward shape of the original crystal. It is sometimes used as a gemstone.[5]
Shattuckite is a copper silicate hydroxide mineral with formula Cu5(SiO3)4(OH)2. It crystallizes in the orthorhombic – dipyramidal crystal system and...
at Ajo, in Pima County, Arizona, US. He found specimens of dark blue shattuckite, together with a bluish green mineral which he suspected was a new species...
hydrated copper silicate mineral with the formula Cu8Si8O22(OH)4•(H2O) Shattuckite, a copper silicate hydroxide mineral with formula Cu5(SiO3)4(OH)2 Chrysocolla...
romanechite Stellate Star-like, radial fibers found inside spherical habits, such as mamillary or reniform. hematite, pectolite, shattuckite, wavellite...
mineral with the formula Cu8Si8O22(OH)4•(H2O). It is closely related to shattuckite in structure and appearance, and the two minerals are often confused...
found in South Africa and Namibia. It is associated with aurichalcite, shattuckite, ajoite and baryte in Arizona, and with quartz, native copper and ajoite...
descriptions in one year in 1915: bisbeeite, fernandinite, minasragrite and shattuckite, although bisbeeite was discredited by the CNMMNC in 1977 as being identical...