cesbronite

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| name =Cesbronite

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| caption = Emerald green crystal aggregates of cesbronite from Tombstone District, Cochise County, Arizona, USA

| category = Copper-tellurium oxysalt

| formula = Cu₃Te⁶⁺O₄(OH)₄

| IMAsymbol=Ces{{Cite journal|last=Warr|first=L.N.|date=2021|title=IMA–CNMNC approved mineral symbols|journal=Mineralogical Magazine|volume=85|issue=3|pages=291–320|doi=10.1180/mgm.2021.43|bibcode=2021MinM...85..291W|s2cid=235729616|doi-access=free}}

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| strunz = 4.JN.15

| dana = 34.7.2.1

| system = Orthorhombic

| class = Dipyramidal (mmm)
H-M symbol: (2/m 2/m 2/m)

| symmetry = Pbcn

| unit cell = a = 8.624, b = 11.878
c = 5.872 [Å], Z = 2

| color = Green

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| cleavage =poor on {010}, good on {021}

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| tenacity =Brittle

| mohs =3

| luster =Subadamantine

| streak =Green

| diaphaneity =Translucent

| gravity =4.45 (measured)

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| opticalprop =Biaxial (+)

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| birefringence =δ = 0.149

| pleochroism =Distinct, various shades of green

| 2V =72^o (calculated)

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| solubility =Soluble in HCl and HNO₃. Insoluble in water

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| references ={{ref|1}}{{ref|2}}{{ref|3}}{{ref|4}}[https://www.mineralienatlas.de/lexikon/index.php/MineralData?mineral=Cesbronite Mineralienatlas]

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Cesbronite is a copper-meteatellurate oxysalt mineral with the chemical formula Cu₃Te⁶⁺O₄(OH)₄ (IMA 17-C). It is colored green and its crystals are orthorhombic dipyramidal. Cesbronite is rated 3 on the Mohs Scale.[http://webmineral.com/data/Cesbronite.shtml Webmineral entry] It is named after Fabien Cesbron (born 1938), a French mineralogist.{{Cite journal|last=Williams|first=Sidney A.|date=1974|title=Cesbronite, a new copper tellurite from Moctezuma, Sonora|url=http://www.minersoc.org/pages/Archive-MM/Volume_39/39-307-744.pdf|journal=Mineralogical Magazine|volume=39|issue=307|page=744|doi=10.1180/minmag.1974.039.307.02|bibcode=1974MinM...39..744W|s2cid=129501305|access-date=2016-09-20|archive-date=2016-05-27|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160527123410/http://www.minersoc.org/pages/Archive-MM/Volume_39/39-307-744.pdf|url-status=dead}}