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Kapellasite from
Sounion Mine No. 19, Cato Sounio mines, Sounion, Lavrion mining district, Lavreotiki, East Attica, Attica, Greece


Locality type:Mine
Classification
Species:Kapellasite
Formula:Cu3Zn(OH)6Cl2
Confirmation
Validity:Valid - Type Locality
Associated Minerals Based on Photo Data:
Gypsum4 photos of Kapellasite associated with Gypsum at this locality.
Paratacamite3 photos of Kapellasite associated with Paratacamite at this locality.
Pseudoboleite1 photo of Kapellasite associated with Pseudoboleite at this locality.
Hydrozincite1 photo of Kapellasite associated with Hydrozincite at this locality.
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Kapellasite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Sounion Mine No. 19, Cato Sounio mines, Sounion, Lavrion mining district, Lavreotiki, East Attica, Attica, Greece
Photo GalleryView Gallery (18 photos)
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:313227
Long-form Identifier:1:3:313227:2
GUID (UUID V4):dba1bc8e-9254-4d42-b5bc-07d71c00cdc8
References
Reference Search (possible matching items)
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
70(3), pp. 329±340 Kapellasite, Cu3Zn(OH)6Cl2, a new mineral from Lavrion, Greece, and its crystal structure...TR ACT Kapellasite, Cu3Zn(OH)6Cl2, is a new secondary mineral from the Sounion No. 19 mine, Kamariza...Kamariza, Lavrion, Greece. It is a polymorph of herbertsmithite. Kapellasite forms crusts and small aggregates...There is a good cleavage parallel to {0001}. Kapellasite is uniaxial negative, = 1.80(1), = 1.76(1); pleochroism...200), 2.464 (9, 021/201), 1.976 (5, 022/202). Kapellasite is trigonal, space group P3Åm1, Ê , V = 197.06(6)
Report (issue)
Kapellasite Cu3Zn(OH)6Cl2 Crystal Data: Hexagonal. Point Group: 3 2/m. As crusts and aggregates to...5.733(1) Z = 1 X-Ray Diffraction Pattern: Lavrion, Greece. Preferred orientation || {0001}. 5.730 (100)...44 16.58 [12.27] 3.74 98.35 (1) Sounion No. 19 mine, Lavrion, Greece; average electron microprobe analysis...galena (Greece); cumengéite, diaboleite, gypsum (Germany). Distribution: From the Sounion No. 19 mine, Kamariza...Kamariza, Lavrion, Greece [TL]. In weathered slag of the Juliushütte, near Goslar, Harz mountains, Germany
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Department of Geosciences, University of Arizona, 1040 East 4th Street, Tucson, Arizona 85721-0077, U.S.A. ...biological processes. Since the advent of human mining and manufacturing, particularly since the industrial...indirectly (e.g., alteration of mine tunnel walls; weathering products of mine dumps and slag). A second human...Keywords: Mineral evolution, archeology, new minerals, mining, philosophy of mineralogy, sociology of mineralogy...time associated with the advent of near-surface mining and smelting technologies in classic times (e.g
 
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