ANTLERITE

Antlerite, a copper sulfate hydroxide mineral, was found as a minor part of a thin green film composed of very fine-grained antlerite, gypsum, and brochantite, encrusting rhodonite and associated with andradite and mica from Franklin. The impure nature of the aggregate precluded the determination of any additional data; the verification was made employing X-ray powder diffraction methods. (Dunn, 1995)

Location Found:

Franklin

Year Discovered:

1889

Formula:

Cu₃(SO₄)(OH)₄

Essential Elements:

Copper, Hydrogen, Oxygen, Sulfur

All Elements in Formula:

Copper, Hydrogen, Oxygen, Sulfur

IMA Status:

Approved

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References:

Dunn, Pete J. (1995). Franklin and Sterling Hill New Jersey: the world's most magnificent mineral deposits. Franklin, NJ.: The Franklin-Ogdensburg Mineralogical Society. p.628

The Picking Table References

	PT Issue and Page	Description / Comment
View Issue	V. 31, No. 2 - Fall 1990, pg. 3	Notes from the Laboratory & Changes to the List of Species From Franklin and Sterling Hill, Pete J. Dunn, John L. Baum, Antlerite

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