Marklite Explained

Marklite
Category:	Carbonate mineral
Formula:	Cu5(CO3)2(OH)6 · 6H2O
Imasymbol:	Mkl^[1]
System:	Monoclinic
Class:	2/m - Prismatic
Color:	Blue
References:	^[2]

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.

Localities

Germany

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

Notes and References

1. Warr. L.N.. 2021. IMA–CNMNC approved mineral symbols. Mineralogical Magazine. 85. 3 . 291–320. 10.1180/mgm.2021.43 . 2021MinM...85..291W . 235729616 . free.
2. Web site: Braunerite: Braunerite mineral information and data.. www.mindat.org. 2017-08-25.
3. Web site: New Mineral Listing Carbon Mineral Challenge. mineralchallenge.net. en-US. 2017-09-04. https://web.archive.org/web/20170905053051/http://mineralchallenge.net/new-mineral-listing/#Marklite. 2017-09-05. dead.
4. Web site: Carbon Mineral Challenge Update Spring 2016: Four New Minerals Found Carbon Mineral Challenge. mineralchallenge.net. en-US. 2017-09-04.
5. Web site: Marklite: Marklite mineral information and data.. www.mindat.org. 2017-09-04.
6. Web site: New Minerals and Mineralogy of the 21st Century International Scientific Symposium Jachymov 2016.