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Blades or laths elongated [001] and flattened {100}; rarely equant. Curved surfaces cutting away more or less of the front edges of the prism produce an hour-glass appearance. Also occurs as cross-fiber veinlets.","cross-fiber veinlet fillings and crystals in open cavities.",3,"2.95","Vitreous","Transparent,Translucent","Pale blue, greenish-blue; pale blue in transmitted light.",[58,59],"blue","green","None Observed","Biaxial","-","1.574","1.578","1.587","1.595","86","60",1.574,1.595,"very weak","The Natural History Museum, London, England, 1938,56.\r\nHarvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts, 97540–97544.\r\nNational Museum of Natural History, Washington, D.C., USA, C5536.","Closely related to polyhalite.","Named in honor of Tomás Leighton Donoso (1896–1967), Professor of Mineralogy, University of Santiago, Chile.","2025-08-11 12:14:21",[],[],[],[],[81],{"id":82,"txt":83,"latitude":84,"longitude":85,"country":86},641,"Chuquicamata Mine, Chuquicamata District, Calama, El Loa Province, Antofagasta, Chile",-22.2894444,-68.9011111,"Chile",8,[89,92,95,98,102,107],{"id":90,"year":29,"html":91,"doi":11},520717,"Palache, Charles (1938) Leightonite, a new sulphate of copper from Chile. \u003Ci>American Mineralogist\u003C\u002Fi>,  23 (1) 34-37 \u003Ca target='_blank' href='http:\u002F\u002Fwww.minsocam.org\u002Fammin\u002FAM23\u002FAM23_34.pdf' class='refpdflink'>\u003C\u002Fa>",{"id":93,"year":29,"html":94,"doi":11},520718,"Peacock, M. A. (1938) The relation of leightonite to polyhalite. \u003Ci>American Mineralogist\u003C\u002Fi>,  23 (1) 38-45 \u003Ca target='_blank' href='http:\u002F\u002Fwww.minsocam.org\u002Fammin\u002FAM23\u002FAM23_38.pdf' class='refpdflink'>\u003C\u002Fa>",{"id":96,"year":29,"html":97,"doi":11},520815,"Bandy, Mark C. (1938) Mineralogy of three sulphate deposits of northern Chile. \u003Ci>American Mineralogist\u003C\u002Fi>,  23 (11) 669-760 \u003Ca target='_blank' href='http:\u002F\u002Fwww.minsocam.org\u002Fammin\u002FAM23\u002FAM23_669.pdf' class='refpdflink'>\u003C\u002Fa>",{"id":99,"year":100,"html":101,"doi":11},19435954,1962,"Loan, Paul R. Van (1962) An x-ray study of leightonite. \u003Ci>The Canadian Mineralogist\u003C\u002Fi>,  7 (2). 272-277",{"id":103,"year":104,"html":105,"doi":106},394599,2002,"Menchetti, Silvio, Bindi, Luca, Bonazzi, Paola, Olmi, Filippo (2002) Disordered distribution of Cu in the crystal structure of leightonite, K\u003Csub>2\u003C\u002Fsub>Ca\u003Csub>2\u003C\u002Fsub>Cu(SO\u003Csub>4\u003C\u002Fsub>)\u003Csub>4\u003C\u002Fsub>·2H\u003Csub>2\u003C\u002Fsub>O. \u003Ci>American Mineralogist\u003C\u002Fi>,  87 (5) 721-725 \u003Ca target='_blank' href='https:\u002F\u002Fdoi.org\u002F10.2138\u002Fam-2002-5-615'>doi:10.2138\u002Fam-2002-5-615\u003C\u002Fa> \u003Ca target='_blank' href='https:\u002F\u002Frruff.info\u002Fdoclib\u002Fam\u002Fvol87\u002FAM87_721.pdf' class='refpdflink'>\u003C\u002Fa>","10.2138\u002Fam-2002-5-615",{"id":108,"year":109,"html":110,"doi":11},16965550,2005,"(2005) Leightonite. \u003Ci>Handbook of Mineralogy\u003C\u002Fi>. Mineralogical Society of America \u003Ca target='_blank' href='https:\u002F\u002Fwww.handbookofmineralogy.org\u002Fpdfs\u002Fleightonite.pdf' class='refpdflink'>\u003C\u002Fa>",[112,122,129,139,149,158,164,170],{"id":113,"source_url":114,"license_code":115,"credit_html":116,"title":117,"description":118,"author":119,"original_width":120,"original_height":121},14312,"https:\u002F\u002Fcommons.wikimedia.org\u002F?curid=14866861","CC BY-SA 3.0","Leon Hupperichs, via \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fcommons.wikimedia.org\u002F?curid=14866861\" rel=\"noopener\">Wikimedia Commons\u003C\u002Fa>","Leightonite-120493.jpg","\u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fen.wikipedia.org\u002Fwiki\u002FLeightonite\" class=\"extiw\" title=\"en:Leightonite\">Leightonite\u003C\u002Fa>\n\u003Cdl>\u003Cdd>\u003Cdl>\u003Cdd>Locality: Salvadora mine, Caracoles, Sierra Gorda district, Tocopilla province, Antofagasta Region, Chile\u003C\u002Fdd>\n\u003Cdd>Field of view 7 mm. Specimen and photo Leon Hupperichs.\u003C\u002Fdd>\u003C\u002Fdl>\u003C\u002Fdd>\u003C\u002Fdl>","Leon Hupperichs",777,590,{"id":123,"source_url":124,"license_code":115,"credit_html":125,"title":126,"description":118,"author":119,"original_width":127,"original_height":128},14313,"https:\u002F\u002Fcommons.wikimedia.org\u002F?curid=14866863","Leon Hupperichs, via \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fcommons.wikimedia.org\u002F?curid=14866863\" rel=\"noopener\">Wikimedia Commons\u003C\u002Fa>","Leightonite-120494.jpg",769,574,{"id":130,"source_url":131,"license_code":132,"credit_html":133,"title":134,"description":135,"author":136,"original_width":137,"original_height":138},14315,"https:\u002F\u002Fcommons.wikimedia.org\u002F?curid=118197505","CC BY-SA 2.0","Pacific Museum of Earth from Canada, via \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fcommons.wikimedia.org\u002F?curid=118197505\" rel=\"noopener\">Wikimedia Commons\u003C\u002Fa>","Leightonite with Anterite (48603436121).jpg","Chuquicamata, Chile","Pacific Museum of Earth from Canada",4000,6000,{"id":140,"source_url":141,"license_code":142,"credit_html":143,"title":144,"description":145,"author":146,"original_width":147,"original_height":148},14316,"https:\u002F\u002Fcommons.wikimedia.org\u002F?curid=163475919","CC0 1.0","Darla Sondrol, via \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fcommons.wikimedia.org\u002F?curid=163475919\" rel=\"noopener\">Wikimedia Commons\u003C\u002Fa>","Leightonite (GeoDIL number - 258).jpg","The green mineral is leightonite, K2Ca2Cu(SO4)4·2H2O, from Chuquicamata, Chile. Chuquicamata, the world's largest open pit mine, was first mined in pre-Hispanic times. Besides copper, it is a source of many fine mineral specimens. This specimen is about 5 cm across.","Darla Sondrol",2302,1238,{"id":150,"source_url":151,"license_code":115,"credit_html":152,"title":153,"description":154,"author":155,"original_width":156,"original_height":157},2989,"https:\u002F\u002Fcommons.wikimedia.org\u002F?curid=46091308","Robert M. Lavinsky, via \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fcommons.wikimedia.org\u002F?curid=46091308\" rel=\"noopener\">Wikimedia Commons\u003C\u002Fa>","Bellingerite, Leightonite-662308.jpg","\u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fen.wikipedia.org\u002Fwiki\u002FBellingerite\" class=\"extiw\" title=\"en:Bellingerite\">Bellingerite\u003C\u002Fa>, \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fen.wikipedia.org\u002Fwiki\u002FLeightonite\" class=\"extiw\" title=\"en:Leightonite\">Leightonite\u003C\u002Fa>\n\u003Cdl>\u003Cdd>\u003Cdl>\u003Cdd>Locality: Chuquicamata Mine, Chuquicamata District, Calama, El Loa Province, Antofagasta Region, Chile\u003C\u002Fdd>\n\u003Cdd>Size: 13.8 cm x 6.9 cm x 4.8 cm\u003C\u002Fdd>\n\u003Cdd>Bellingerite is a very rare hydrated Cu-iodate, unique to the world's largest copper mine. Clusters of translucent, light and dark, turquoise-blue lathes cover the matrix on this exceptional and rich large specimen. The crystals reach about 6 mm. The larger light bluish-green crystals are leightonite and the smaller darker green crystals appear to be bellingerite. Very rare in this richness, size and quality. Probably older material, but no proof. It was discovered in 1940. Ex. Carl Davis Collection.\u003C\u002Fdd>\u003C\u002Fdl>\u003C\u002Fdd>\u003C\u002Fdl>","Robert M. Lavinsky",465,281,{"id":159,"source_url":160,"license_code":115,"credit_html":161,"title":162,"description":154,"author":155,"original_width":156,"original_height":163},2990,"https:\u002F\u002Fcommons.wikimedia.org\u002F?curid=46091310","Robert M. Lavinsky, via \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fcommons.wikimedia.org\u002F?curid=46091310\" rel=\"noopener\">Wikimedia Commons\u003C\u002Fa>","Bellingerite, Leightonite-662309.jpg",426,{"id":165,"source_url":166,"license_code":115,"credit_html":167,"title":168,"description":154,"author":155,"original_width":156,"original_height":169},2991,"https:\u002F\u002Fcommons.wikimedia.org\u002F?curid=46091313","Robert M. Lavinsky, via \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fcommons.wikimedia.org\u002F?curid=46091313\" rel=\"noopener\">Wikimedia Commons\u003C\u002Fa>","Bellingerite, Leightonite-662310.jpg",306,{"id":171,"source_url":172,"license_code":132,"credit_html":173,"title":174,"description":135,"author":136,"original_width":137,"original_height":138},14314,"https:\u002F\u002Fcommons.wikimedia.org\u002F?curid=118184078","Pacific Museum of Earth from Canada, via \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fcommons.wikimedia.org\u002F?curid=118184078\" rel=\"noopener\">Wikimedia Commons\u003C\u002Fa>","Leightonite with Kroehnkite (48002951588).jpg",[176],{"id":177,"url":178,"label":179,"formula":180,"spacegroup":181,"year":104},7578,"\u002Fcif\u002F7578.cif","Menchetti 2002","K O9 Ca Cu.5 S2 H2","C 1 2\u002Fc 1",[183],"Leightoniet",[185,189,193,197,200,203,207,210],{"lang":186,"names":187},"ca",[188],"leightonita",{"lang":190,"names":191},"de",[192],"Leightonit",{"lang":194,"names":195},"es",[196],"Leightonita",{"lang":198,"names":199},"eu",[196],{"lang":201,"names":202},"it",[7],{"lang":204,"names":205},"nb",[206],"leightonitt",{"lang":208,"names":209},"nn",[206],{"lang":211,"names":212},"uk",[213],"Лейтоніт","Q1067078",{"history":11,"applications":11}]