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| formula    = CaCu(CH<sub>3</sub>COO)<sub>4</sub>·6H<sub>2</sub>O
 
| formula    = CaCu(CH<sub>3</sub>COO)<sub>4</sub>·6H<sub>2</sub>O
 
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| color      = dark blue
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| habit      = encrustations
 
| system      = [[Tetragonal crystal system|tetragonal]]  
 
| system      = [[Tetragonal crystal system|tetragonal]]  
 
| symmetry    = 4/m
 
| symmetry    = 4/m
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| cleavage    = perfect on {100} and {110}
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| fracture    = brittle
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| luster      = vitreous
 
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| streak      = pale blue
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| gravity    = 1.47 (calc.)
 
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| solubility  = soluble
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| diaphaneity = transluscent
 
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| references  = <ref name="WebMineral">{{WebMineral-ref | name = Paceite | url = http://webmineral.com/data/Ludwigite.shtml | accessdate = 2009-12-04}}.</ref><ref name="MinDat">{{MinDat-ref | name = Paceite | id = 10918 | accessdate = 2009-12-04}}.</ref><ref>{{citation | last1 = Klop | first1 = E. A. | last2 = Duisenberg | first2 = A. J. M. | last3 = Spek | first3 = A. L. | year = 1983 | title = Reinvestigation of the structure of calcium copper acetate hexahydrate, CaCu(C<sub>2</sub>H<sub>3</sub>O<sub>2</sub>)<sub>4</sub>·6H<sub>2</sub>O | journal = Acta Crystallogr., Sect. C: Cryst. Struct. Commun. | volume = 39 | pages = 1342–44}}.</ref>
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| references  = <ref name="WebMineral">{{WebMineral-ref | name = Paceite | url = http://webmineral.com/data/Ludwigite.shtml | accessdate = 2009-12-04}}.</ref><ref name="MinDat">{{MinDat-ref | name = Paceite | id = 10918 | accessdate = 2009-12-04}}.</ref><ref>{{citation | last1 = Klop | first1 = E. A. | last2 = Duisenberg | first2 = A. J. M. | last3 = Spek | first3 = A. L. | year = 1983 | title = Reinvestigation of the structure of calcium copper acetate hexahydrate, CaCu(C<sub>2</sub>H<sub>3</sub>O<sub>2</sub>)<sub>4</sub>·6H<sub>2</sub>O | journal = Acta Crystallogr., Sect. C: Cryst. Struct. Commun. | volume = 39 | pages = 1342–44}}.</ref>  
 
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'''Paceite ''' is a the mineral form of [[calcium]] [[copper]] [[acetate]].<ref name="WebMineral"/><ref name="MinDat"/>
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'''Paceite ''', formerly known as '''IMA2001-030''', is the mineral form of [[calcium]] [[copper]] [[acetate]].<ref name="WebMineral"/><ref name="MinDat"/> It is named after Frank L. Pace (born 1948), an amateur mineral collector who discovered it at the Potosi mine in Broken Hill, N.S.W., Australia ({{coord|31|57|S|141|27|E|alt= 31°&thinsp;57′&thinsp;S, 141°&thinsp;27′&thinsp;E}}) in 2001.<ref>{{citation | last1 = Hibbs | first1 = D. E. | last2 = Kolitsch | first2 = U. | last3 = Leverett | first3 = P. | last4 = Sharpe | first4 = J. L. | last5 = Williams | first5 = P. A. | year = 2002 | title = Hoganite and paceite, two new acetate minerals from the Potosi mine, Broken Hill, Australia | journal = Mineralogical Magazine | volume = 66 | pages = 459–64}}.</ref> The identity and name of the mineral were approved by the [[International Mineralogical Association]] (IMA) in 2002.
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It is a secondary mineral, formed by the interaction of other calcium- and copper-bearing minerals with decaying leaf litter.<ref name="WebMineral"/>
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==See also==
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*[[Hoganite]]
  
 
==References==
 
==References==

Latest revision as of 07:35, 4 December 2009

Paceite
General
Category Organic minerals, Hoganite series
Chemical formula CaCu(CH3COO)4·6H2O
Strunz classification 10.AA.30
Dana classification 50.02.07.02
Crystal symmetry 4/m
Identification
Color dark blue
Crystal habit encrustations
Crystal system tetragonal
Cleavage perfect on {100} and {110}
Fracture brittle
Mohs scale hardness
Luster vitreous
Streak pale blue
Diaphaneity transluscent
Specific gravity 1.47 (calc.)
Solubility soluble
References [1][2][3]

Paceite , formerly known as IMA2001-030, is the mineral form of calcium copper acetate.[1][2] It is named after Frank L. Pace (born 1948), an amateur mineral collector who discovered it at the Potosi mine in Broken Hill, N.S.W., Australia (31° 57′ S, 141° 27′ E) in 2001.[4] The identity and name of the mineral were approved by the International Mineralogical Association (IMA) in 2002.

It is a secondary mineral, formed by the interaction of other calcium- and copper-bearing minerals with decaying leaf litter.[1]

See also

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 Paceite, <http://webmineral.com/data/Ludwigite.shtml> (accessed 4 December 2009), WebMineral.com.
  2. 2.0 2.1 Paceite, <http://www.mindat.org/show.php?id=10918> (accessed 4 December 2009), MinDat.org.
  3. Klop, E. A.; Duisenberg, A. J. M.; Spek, A. L. Reinvestigation of the structure of calcium copper acetate hexahydrate, CaCu(C2H3O2)4·6H2O. Acta Crystallogr., Sect. C: Cryst. Struct. Commun. 1983, 39, 1342–44.
  4. Hibbs, D. E.; Kolitsch, U.; Leverett, P.; Sharpe, J. L.; Williams, P. A. Hoganite and paceite, two new acetate minerals from the Potosi mine, Broken Hill, Australia. Mineralogical Magazine 2002, 66, 459–64.
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