Arhbarite R060730
Name: Arhbarite
RRUFF ID: R060730
Ideal Chemistry: Cu2MgAsO4(OH)3
Locality: Guanaco, Chile
Source: Bob Jenkins [view label]
Owner: RRUFF
Description: Dark blue spherical aggregates associated with enargite. The bright, darker, green phase is conichalcite, the light green is unidentified.
Status: The identification of this mineral is not yet confirmed.
RAMAN SPECTRUM 
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Sample Description: Unoriented sample
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RRUFF ID: R060730
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Sample Description: Unoriented sample
Instrument settings: Thermo Almega XR 532nm @ 100% of 150mW
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REFERENCES for Arhbarite

Anthony J W, Bideaux R A, Bladh K W, and Nichols M C (1990) Handbook of Mineralogy, Mineral Data Publishing, Tucson Arizona, USA, by permission of the Mineralogical Society of America. [view file]

Schmetzer K, Tremmel G, Medenbach O (1982) Arhbarite, Cu2[OH|AsO4]·6H2O, a new mineral from Bou-Azzer, Morocco, Neues Jahrbuch für Mineralogie, Monatshefte, 1982, 529-533

Dunn P J, Grice J D, Fleischer M, Pabst A (1983) New mineral names, American Mineralogist, 68, 1038-1041   [view file]

Krause W, Bernhardt H J, Effenberger H, Kolitsch U, Lengauer C (2003) Redefinition of arhbarite, Cu2Mg(AsO4)(OH)3, Mineralogical Magazine, 67, 1099-1107   [view file]

Jambor J L, Roberts A C (2004) New mineral names, American Mineralogist, 89, 894-897   [view file]