Call number:
C16
Classification:
Minerals from the Lavrion Mines
Name:
Σερπιερίτης
Translated title:
Serpierite
Place of origin:
Kamareza / Lavrion, Greece
Depositional environment:
Secondary mineral in the oxidized zone of copper ore deposits. Found largely in the oxidized portions of copper deposits, it is a secondary mineral formed by the action of carbonated water acting on copper-containing minerals, or from Cu-containing solutions, such as CuSO^4 or CuCl^2 reacting with limestones.
Description:
Acicular blue crystals of serpierite overgrown on limonite pseudomorph after calcite, and accosiated with smithsonite .Type locality of this secondary mineral is the Serpieri mine in Kamariza area.
Chemical formula:
Ca(Cu,Zn)4(SO4)2(OH)6*3H2O
Crystal system:
Monoclinic
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