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Just as $\ce{NaCl}$ would look like this:
http://chemwiki.ucdavis.edu/@api/deki/files/43140/IMG00003.GIF?revision=1

What would a diagram of $\ce{CuSO4}$ look like?

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From the WebElements.com page on copper sulphate, the metal lattice structure looks like:

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The yellow pyramids are cooper and the other structures are sulphates.

An alternate view comes from the Wikipedia page of copper (II) sulphate:

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The pink spheres represent copper, yellow are sulphur and red are oxygen.

Below is a 2D representation of copper sulphate, from the Royal Society of Chemistry

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A similar question with some more insight is found in How do copper sulphate and the like change crystal structure on adding water of hydration?

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