Card No: 11891       Created: 3/08/23    Last edition: 27/03/2026

Name: CHALCANTHITE
Specification: [4], structure type - chalcanthite
Formula: CuSO4 · 5H2O
Symmetry Class: triclinic
Space Group: P 1(-)
Unit Cell
Parameters:
a = 5.9676 | b = 6.0957 | c = 10.6366 | alpha = 77.2000 | beta = 82.4000 | gamma = 72.4000
Number of Formula Unit: Z = 2Unit Cell Volume, Å3: Vc = 358.85
Number of Atomic Position
per full Unit Cell
:
P/U = 42 Molar Volume, cm3/mol: Vm = 108.07
Number of Reflexes used in
Structure Determination
:

NR = 3369
X-ray density, g/cm3: p = 2.31
R-factor: R = 0.0290MU, 1/cm: µ = 72.889
Wave Length for Calculated
Powder Diffraction Patterns
:
Cu=1.54056Mass attenuation coefficient,
cm2/g
:
µ/p = 31.554
Theta-Interval for CPDP: T/I = 1-45