Aubertite R060751
Name: Aubertite
RRUFF ID: R060751
Ideal Chemistry: Cu2+Al(SO4)2Cl·14H2O
Locality: Quetena mine, Chuquicamata, Chile
Source: Bob Jenkins [view label]
Owner: RRUFF
Description: Light green massive
Status: The identification of this mineral has been made only by X-ray diffraction.
Mineral Group: [ Aubertite (2) ]
CHEMISTRY 
RRUFF ID: R060751.2
Sample Description: Microprobe Fragment
RAMAN SPECTRUM 
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Sample Description: Unoriented sample
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Sample Description: Unoriented sample
Instrument settings: Thermo Almega XR 532nm @ 50% of 150mW
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POWDER DIFFRACTION 
RRUFF ID: R060751.1
Sample Description: Powder
Cell Refinement Output: a: 6.290(2)Å    b: 13.198(2)Å    c: 6.2800(8)Å
alpha: 91.87(1)°    beta: 94.67(2)°    gamma: 82.48(2)°   Volume: 515.0(0)Å3    Crystal System: triclinic
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Calculated diffraction file.

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Output file from the Bruker D8 Advance instrument. Includes device headers and XY data.

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Output file from the Bruker D8 Advance instrument. Includes device headers and XY data.

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REFERENCES for Aubertite

American Mineralogist Crystal Structure Database Record: [view record]

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]

Cesbron F, Ginderow D, Sichère M, Vachey H (1979) L`aubertite, un nouveau chloro-sulfate hydraté de cuivre et d`aluminium, Bulletin de Minéralogie, 102, 348-350

Ginderow D, Cesbron F (1979) Structure cristalline de l'aubertite, AlCuCl(SO4)2·14H2O, Acta Crystallographica, B35, 2499-2502   [link]

Fleischer M, Pabst A, Mandarino J A (1980) New mineral names, American Mineralogist, 65, 205-210   [view file]

Hawthorne F C (1994) Structural aspects of oxide and oxysalt crystals, Acta Crystallographica, B50, 481-510