Copper silicate

Copper silicate may refer to any silicate of copper generally; more specifically:

Minerals
  • Apachite, a copper silicate mineral with a general formula of Cu9Si10O29·11H2O
  • Dioptase, a cyclosilicate mineral - CuSiO3·H2O
  • Gilalite, a copper silicate mineral with chemical composition of Cu5Si6O17·7(H2O).
  • Plancheite, a hydrated copper silicate mineral with the formula Cu8Si8O22(OH)4•(H2O)
  • Shattuckite, a copper silicate hydroxide mineral with formula Cu5(SiO3)4(OH)2
  • Chrysocolla is a hydrated copper phyllosilicate mineral (with aluminum) with formula: Cu2−xAlx(H2−xSi2O5)(OH)4·nH2O (x<1)
Mixed metal copper silicate minerals
  • Abswurmbachite, a copper manganese silicate mineral
  • Ajoite is a hydrated sodium potassium copper aluminium silicate hydroxide mineral
  • Ashburtonite, a rare lead copper silicate-bicarbonate mineral
  • Iranite (Persian: ایرانیت), a lead copper chromate silicate mineral
  • Kinoite, a copper silicate mineral with calcium
  • Larimar, also called "Stefilia's Stone", is a rare blue variety of the silicate mineral pectolite that contains copper
  • Papagoite, rare cyclosilicate mineral - calcium copper aluminium silicate hydroxide
  • Scottyite, a barium copper silicate
Pigments
  • Egyptian blue, also known as calcium copper silicate or cuprorivaite, a pigment used in ancient Egypt
  • Han purple and Han blue, also called Chinese purple and Chinese blue, synthetic barium copper silicate pigments developed in China and used in ancient and imperial China onwards

See also
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