Aubertite

{{Short description|Sulfate mineral}} {{Infobox mineral | name = Aubertite | boxwidth = | boxbgcolor = | image = Aubertite.jpg | imagesize = | alt = | caption = Aubertite | struct image = | struct caption = | struct imagesize = | struct2 image = | struct2 caption = | struct2 imagesize= | SMILES = | Jmol = | category = | formula = CuAl(SO₄)₂Cl·14H₂O | IMAsymbol = Aub | molweight = | strunz = | dana = | system = Triclinic | class = | symmetry = | unit cell = | color = Azure-blue | colour = | habit = | twinning = | cleavage = {010} Perfect | fracture = | tenacity = | toughness = | mohs = 2-3 | luster = Vitreous | streak = light blue | diaphaneity = | gravity = 1.815 | density = | polish = | opticalprop = | refractive = | birefringence = | pleochroism = | 2V = | dispersion = | extinction = | length fast/slow = | fluorescence = | absorption = | melt = | Curie temp = | fusibility = | diagnostic = | solubility = | impurities = | alteration = | other = | prop1 = | prop1text = | references = | var1 = | var1text = | var2 = | var2text = | var3 = | var3text = | var4 = | var4text = | var5 = | var5text = | var6 = | var6text = }} '''Aubertite''' is a mineral with the chemical formula CuAl(SO₄)₂Cl·14H₂O. It is colored blue. Its crystals are triclinic pedial. It is transparent. It has vitreous luster. It is not radioactive. Aubertite is rated 2-3 on the Mohs Scale. The sample was collected by J. Aubert (born 1929), assistant director, National Institute of Geophysics, France, in the year 1961. Its type locality is Queténa Mine, Toki Cu deposit, Chuquicamata District, Calama, El Loa Province, Antofagasta Region, Chile.

==References== *[https://webmineral.com/data/Aubertite.shtml Webmineral.com - Aubertite] *[http://www.mindat.org/min-416.html Mindat.org - Aubertite] *[http://www.handbookofmineralogy.com/pdfs/aubertite.pdf Handbook of Mineralogy - Aubertite] *{{Cite journal |url=http://www.minsocam.org/ammin/AM65/AM65_205.pdf |journal=American Mineralogist |year=1980 |title=New Mineral Names |volume=65 |page=205 |author=Michael Fleischer |author2=Joseph A. Mandarino |author3=Adolf Pabst |name-list-style=amp}} *{{Cite journal |url= http://scripts.iucr.org/cgi-bin/paper?a17887 |title=Structure cristalline de l'aubertite, AlCuCl(SO₄)₂.14H₂O |author=D. Ginderow |author2=F. Cesbron |name-list-style=amp |doi=10.1107/S0567740879009766 |journal=Acta Crystallographica |year=1979 |volume=B35 |issue=11 |pages=2499–2502|bibcode=1979AcCrB..35.2499G |url-access=subscription }}

Category:Copper(II) minerals Category:Aluminium minerals Category:Sulfate minerals Category:Chloride minerals 14 Category:Triclinic minerals Category:Minerals in space group 2 Category:Minerals described in 1961

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