Marklite

General
Category| Carbonate mineral
Formula
(repeating unit)| Cu5(CO3)2(OH)6 · 6H2O
Crystal system| Monoclinic
Crystal class| 2/m - Prismatic
Identification
Color| Blue
References| [1]

Marklite is a hydrated copper carbonate mineral named after Gregor Markl, a German mineralogist at the University of Tübingen.[3] Markl found the type specimen of marklite in the dumps of the Friedrich-Christian mine in the Black Forest Mountains in southwestern Germany .[4] Markl specializes in crustal petrology and geochemistry and has studied the hydrothermal ore deposits of the Black Forest area.[5] Jakub Plášil of the Institute of Physics at the Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic and colleagues identified its structure.[6]

Marklite crystals are long, thin blades that reach 0.2 mm in length. The mineral is chemically similar to georgeite, claraite, cuproartinite, azurite, and malachite.[5]

## Localities

Germany : Friedrich-Christian Mine, Wildschapbach valley, Schapbach, Black Forest, Baden-Württemberg

## References

1. ↑ "Braunerite: Braunerite mineral information and data.". https://www.mindat.org/min-47780.html.
2. ↑ Warr, L.N. (2021). "IMA–CNMNC approved mineral symbols". Mineralogical Magazine 85 (3): 291–320. doi:10.1180/mgm.2021.43. Bibcode: 2021MinM...85..291W. https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/mineralogical-magazine/article/imacnmnc-approved-mineral-symbols/62311F45ED37831D78603C6E6B25EE0A.
3. ↑ "New Mineral Listing | Carbon Mineral Challenge" (in en-US). http://mineralchallenge.net/new-mineral-listing/#Marklite.
4. ↑ "Carbon Mineral Challenge Update Spring 2016: Four New Minerals Found | Carbon Mineral Challenge" (in en-US). http://mineralchallenge.net/carbon-mineral-challenge-update-spring-2016-four-new-minerals-found/.
5. ↑ 5.0 5.1 "Marklite: Marklite mineral information and data.". https://www.mindat.org/min-46877.html.
6. ↑ "New Minerals and Mineralogy of the 21st Century International Scientific Symposium Jachymov 2016". http://www.jachymov2016.cz/abstracts.

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