Anthonyite from
Centennial Mine, Centennial Heights, Calumet Township, Houghton County, Michigan, USA
| Locality type: | Mine | |
| Classification | ||
|---|---|---|
| Species: | Anthonyite | |
| Formula: | Cu(OH,Cl)2 · 3H2O | |
| Comments: | Anthonyite is found in pockets or as encrustations in basalt and occurs as delicate, lavender prisms up to 0.5 mm in length embedded and encrusted by an unidentified waxy green basic copper chloride. Other directly associated minerals are copper, cuprite, paratacamite, and an unidentified blue, isotropic, basic copper chlorite. Many of the crystals are curved one or more times along the c axis; the plane of curvature is {010} and bending apparently occurs readily on the perfect cleavage on {100} | |
| Confirmation | ||
| Validity: | Valid - Type Locality | |
| Associated Minerals: | ||
| Associates: | Cuprite Epidote Monazite Group Native Copper Paratacamite Quartz Tremolite | |
| Associated Minerals Based on Photo Data: | ||
| Prehnite | 1 | |
| Data | ||
| Mineral Data: | Click here to view Anthonyite data | |
| Locality Data: | Click here to view Centennial Mine, Centennial Heights, Calumet Township, Houghton County, Michigan, USA | |
| Data Identifiers | ||
| Mindat Occurrence Record ID: | 809 | |
| Long-form Identifier: | 1:3:809:3 | |
| GUID (UUID V4): | 0 | |
| References | ||
Centennial Mine, Centennial Heights, Calumet Township, Houghton County, Michigan, USA