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[[File:Calumentite Webmineral.jpg|thumb|Calumetite; Jeff Weissman / Photographic Guide to Mineral Species at Web Mineral: [http://www.webmineral.com/data/Calumetite.shtml#.Y5C8xCjMJs- Link]]]
 
== Description ==
 
== Description ==
  
A light blue copper corrosion product.  Calumetite occurs rarely as a mineral.  It has the composition of Cu(OH, Cl)2 - 2(H2O).
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A light blue copper corrosion product that rarely occurs as a mineral.  As a mineral, it was discovered in 1963 at the Centennial Miner near Calumet, Michigan. Calumetite has been identified as a copper corrosion product on bronzes (Scott 2000).
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==Physical and Chemical Properties==
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* Composition = Cu(OH, Cl)<sub>2</sub> - 2(H<sub>2</sub>O)
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* Description = azure to light blue crystals (orthorhombic)
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* Streak = bluish-white
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* Luster = pearly
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* Hardness = 2
  
 
==Resources and Citations==
 
==Resources and Citations==
  
* David Scott  'A Review of Copper Chlorides and Related Salts in Bronze Corrosion and as Painting Pigments. ''Studies in Conservation'', 45, 39-54, (2000).
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* David Scott, 'A Review of Copper Chlorides and Related Salts in Bronze Corrosion and as Painting Pigments'. ''Studies in Conservation'', 45, 39-54, (2000).
  
 
* WebMineral: [http://www.webmineral.com/data/Calumetite.shtml#.YoVU5XbMJD8 Calumentite]
 
* WebMineral: [http://www.webmineral.com/data/Calumetite.shtml#.YoVU5XbMJD8 Calumentite]
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* Wikipedia: [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Calumetite Calumentite]
 
* Wikipedia: [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Calumetite Calumentite]
  
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* Mindat: [https://www.mindat.org/min-870.html Calumentite]
  
 
[[Category:Materials database]]
 
[[Category:Materials database]]

Latest revision as of 10:54, 7 December 2022

Calumetite; Jeff Weissman / Photographic Guide to Mineral Species at Web Mineral: Link

Description

A light blue copper corrosion product that rarely occurs as a mineral. As a mineral, it was discovered in 1963 at the Centennial Miner near Calumet, Michigan. Calumetite has been identified as a copper corrosion product on bronzes (Scott 2000).

Physical and Chemical Properties

  • Composition = Cu(OH, Cl)2 - 2(H2O)
  • Description = azure to light blue crystals (orthorhombic)
  • Streak = bluish-white
  • Luster = pearly
  • Hardness = 2

Resources and Citations

  • David Scott, 'A Review of Copper Chlorides and Related Salts in Bronze Corrosion and as Painting Pigments'. Studies in Conservation, 45, 39-54, (2000).