Formula: Cu5(AsO4)2(AsO3OH)2.9H2O
Hydrated arsenate, lindackerite group, dehydrates at 450o
Specific gravity: 3.35
Hardness: 2 to 2½
Streak: Pale greenish white
Colour: Apple-green, light green to colourless in transmitted light
Environments
Lindackerite occurs in the secondary oxidation zone of some
arsenic-bearing copper deposits
(Mindat, Webmin).
Localities
At the Cap Garonne Mine, Le Pradet, Var, Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur, France, lindackerite is associated with
olivenite, chalcanthite,
antlerite, pushcharovskite,
covellite, tennantite and
quartz
(HOM).
At the type locality, the Elias mine, Jáchymov, Karlovy Vary District, Karlovy Vary Region, Czech Republic, lindackerite
is associated with with erythrite, zippeite,
pitticite, annabergite and
lavendulan
(HOM, Dana, Mindat).
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