Cuprodongchuanite is a mineral species with the formula Pb₄CuZn₂(PO₄)₄(OH)₂ that has been approved very recently (IMA No. 2021-065); is the copper analogue of dongchuanite (IMA No. 2021-058) with the formula  Pb₄ZnZn₂(PO₄)₄(OH)₂. Both species form a series and belong to the dongchuanite group, together with the zheshengite Pb₄ZnZn₂(AsO₄)₂(PO₄)₂(OH)₂ and the cuprozheshengite Pb₄CuZn₂(AsO₄)₂(PO₄)₂(OH)₂. Distinguishing one species from another is only possible by elemental analysis. For this reason these specimens have been analyzed by SEM-EDS.

In this specimen we have determined the cuprodongchuanite. The presence of As is detected in all the specimens studied, which would indicate that we are in a term of the series with cuprozheshengite. It would be correct to label it cuprodongchuanite-cuprozheshengite. It appears as light green globular aggregates on the colorless hemimorphite. The bluish color on the specimen is veszelyite.

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