Mineral Factbook

Antlerite

Cu2+3(SO4)(OH)4IMA symbol: Atlapproved

Antlerite is a sulfate mineral with the formula Cu2+3(SO4)(OH)4. It has typically green in color, a specific gravity of 5.

Photos

Antlerite specimen photo
Jan Czeczotka · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Commons
Antlerite specimen photo
Pacific Museum of Earth from Canada · CC BY-SA 2.0 · Commons
Antlerite specimen photo
Pacific Museum of Earth from Canada · CC BY-SA 2.0 · Commons
Antlerite specimen photo
Slashme · CC BY 4.0 · Commons

Crystallography

Space groupP n m a
Cell (Å, °)a = 8.244, b = 6.043, c = 11.987; α = 90, β = 90, γ = 90
Cell volume597.174 ų, Z = 4
Axial ratios1.3642:1:1.9836calculated from COD 9004204
Source structureCOD 9004204 (The Canadian Mineralogist, 1989) — 1 of 3 structures

Powder X-ray diffraction (calculated)

2θ (degrees, Cu Kα1)I/I₀ (max 100)
d (Å)4.8482.5642.1283.5962.6791.48
I/I₀10085.769.662.359.725.2

xrd-v1: CuKa1 1.5406A, 2theta 5-90, top10, Imax=100, no DW/PO. Computed from COD 9004204; idealized occupancies, no preferred orientation.

Physical properties

Density (calculated)3.946 g/cm³calculated from COD 9004204
Specific gravity
5 g/cm3single sourceFord, Dana's Textbook of Mineralogy, 3rd ed. (1922)
Color
greenFord, Dana's Textbook of Mineralogy, 3rd ed. (1922)

Classification

Nickel-Strunz (10th)7.BB.15Wikidata (CC0)
Nickel-Strunz (9th)7.BB.15Wikidata (CC0)
Dana (8th)30.1.12.1Wikidata (CC0)