Liebauite
Ca3Cu5Si9O26 [CNMNC approved formula]
Named for Friedrich Liebau, Kiel, Germany, prominent worker on silicate minerals.
| IMA status : | Approved Species 1992 () |
| CLASSIFICATION | |
| Dana (8th edition) : |
69.02.04.01 |
| (69) Inosilicate Chains with Side Branches or Loops | |
| (69.02) with P>2 | |
| (69.02.04) | |
| Nickel-Strunz (10th edition) : |
09.DO.25 |
| (09) Silicates | |
| (09.D) Inosilicates* Structural terminology per Liebau (1985) | |
| (09.DO) with 7-, 8-, 10-, 12- and 14-periodic chains | |
| Crystal system: | Monoclinic System |
| Point group (H-M): | 2/m — prismatic |