Tallingita Mineral Data, minerology database

Mineral Reference Lookup for Tallingita

This reference page contains mineralogic data for Tallingita and folklore and metaphysical beliefs. If the mineral is an alternate naming of a more common name, the more common mineral's data is displayed below the list of synonyms.

Minerals matching Tallingita in the database: Tallingita

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Tallingita

Mineral	Tallingita
Synonym	Connellite

Connellite (synonym)

Mineral	CONNELLITE
Chemistry	Cu 19 [(OH) 32 \|SO 4 \|Cl 4 ] · 3H 2 O
Color	blue blue -Green
Luster	Vitreous
CrystalSystem	Hexagonal
CrystalHabits	include acicular to fibrous crystals arranged in tufts, layers or radial aggregates.
Fracture	absent.
Hardness	3
Streak	Pale blue
Occurences	limited to the Wheal Gorland and other mines of the Wheal Providence, Cornwall, England; South Africa and the mines of Bisbee, New Cornelia, Mammoth-St Anthony and Copper Queen of Arizona, USA.
Indicators	crystal habit, color, associations and locality.
DensityNote	slightly above average for non-metallic minerals
IMAStatus	Approved
Discovered	1850
CellParameters	a = 15.78c = 9.1
Ratio	a:c = 1 : 0.577
OpticalType	Uniaxial (+)
RI	n ω =1.724 - 1.738 n ε =1.746 - 1.75
Birefringence	δ=0.022
SurfaceRelief	High
TypeLocality	Wheal Providence Carbis Bay Lelant St Ives District Cornwall England U K
Strunz	3/D.03-40 3 : Halides D : Oxi-halogenides with Mg - Mn - Cu - Zn - Sn 03 : Atacamite seriesClaringbullite - Connellite