Some common Cu minerals and their chemical formulas
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Major Group |
Chemical Formula |
Comments |
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Oxides, native metal |
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Tenorite |
CuO |
Common in nature and in distribution systems (DS) |
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Cuprite |
Cu2O |
Common in nature and DS |
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Native copper |
Cu |
Common in nature, rare in DS as a corrosion byproduct |
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Chrysocola |
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Common in nature, rare in DS |
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Carbonates |
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Malachite |
Cu2CO3(OH)2 |
Common in nature and DS |
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Azurite |
Cu3(CO3)2(OH)2 |
Common in nature and DS |
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Phosphates |
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Pseudomalachite |
Cu5(PO4)2(OH)2 |
Found in nature, DS distribution unknown |
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Chlorides |
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Atacamite |
Cu2Cl(OH)3 |
Found in nature and in DS |
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Sulfates |
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Brochantite |
Cu4SO4(OH)3 |
Common in nature and in DS |
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Posnjakite1 |
Cu4SO4(OH)3.H2O |
Found in nature and in DS |
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Langite |
Cu4SO4(OH)3.2H2O |
Found in nature, common in DS |
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| 1The MINTEQ database uses this formula for Langite | |||
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