Chamosite: Properties and Occurrences
Chamosite is the Fe2+ end member of the chlorite group. It is a greenish grey or black silicate of iron and aluminum. A hydrous aluminum…
Geographic Minerals
Chambersite: Properties and Occurrences
Chambersite is a manganese borate mineral with formula: Mn3B7O13Cl. It is a member of the borate mineral series that includes other minerals such as ericaite,…
Challacolloite
Challacolloite, formula- KPb2Cl5, is a rare halide mineral. It is a rare monoclinic halide mineral with the chemical formula KPbCl that occurs as white encrustations…
Chalcopyrite: Properties and Occurrences
Chalcopyrite is a copper iron sulfide mineral that crystallizes in the tetragonal system. It is a yellow crystalline mineral consisting of a sulfide of copper…
Chalcophyllite
Chalcophyllite is a rare secondary copper arsenate mineral occurring in the oxidized zones of some arsenic-bearing copper deposits. It is named from the Greek words…
Chalcocite: Properties and Occurrences
Chalcocite, copper(I) sulfide (Cu2S), is an important copper ore mineral. It has been mined for centuries and is one of the most profitable copper ores.…
Chalcanthite: Properties and Occurrences
Chalcanthite, whose name derives from the Greek, chalkos and anthos, meaning copper flower, is a richly colored blue/green water-soluble sulfate mineral CuSO4·5H2O. It is one…
Chaidamuite
Chaidamuite is a rare zinc – iron sulfate mineral with chemical formula: ZnFe3+(SO4)2(OH)·4H2O. It is a triclinic-pedial mineral contain ing hydrogen, iron, oxygen, sulfur, and…
Cesbronite: Properties and Occurrences
Cesbronite is a copper-tellurium oxysalt mineral with the chemical formula Cu3Te6+O4(OH)4 (IMA 17-C). It was first found in the Bambollita (“La Oriental”) mine in the…
Cesanite: Properties and Occurrences
Cesanite is the end member of the apatite-wilkeite-ellestadite series that substitutes all of apatite’s phosphate ions with sulfate ions and balances the difference in charge…
Cervantite
Cervantite is an antimony oxide mineral with formula Sb3+Sb5+O4 (antimony tetroxide). It was named after the first possible place of its occurrence at Cervantes, Spain.…
Cervandonite: Properties and Occurrences
Cervandonite is a rare arsenosilicate mineral. It has a chemical formula (Ce,Nd,La) (Fe3+,Fe2+,Ti4+,Al)3 SiAs(Si,As)O13 or (Ce,Nd,La)(Fe3+,Fe2+,Ti,Al)3 O2(Si2 O7)(As3+O3)(OH). Cervandonite-(Ce) was named after Pizzo Cervandone, a…
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