Barbertonite R060675

Name: Barbertonite
RRUFF ID: R060675
Ideal Chemistry: Mg₆Cr₂(CO₃)(OH)₁₆·4H₂O
Locality: Nevada Creek, Dundas, Tasmania, Australia
Source: Michael Scott S100268 [view label]
Owner: RRUFF
Description: Purple amorphous, massive; intimately mixed with purple stichtite and associated with green serpentine
Status: The identification of this mineral is not yet confirmed.

RAMAN SPECTRUM

RRUFF ID:

Sample Description:

Unoriented sample.

Instrument settings:

Thermo Almega XR 785nm @ 100% of 500mW

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	Raman Data (Processed)
	RRUFF File
	Raman Data (RAW)
	RRUFF File

BROAD SCAN WITH SPECTRAL ARTIFACTS

RRUFF ID:

R060675

Wavelength:

Sample Description:

Unoriented sample.

Instrument settings:

Thermo Almega XR 532nm @ 100% of 150mW

DOWNLOADS:

	Raman Data (Processed)
	RRUFF File

REFERENCES for Barbertonite
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]
Frondel C (1941) Constitution and polymorphism of the pyroaurite and sjögrenite groups, American Mineralogist, 26, 295-315 [view file]
Taylor H F W (1973) Crystal structures of some double hydroxide minerals, Mineralogical Magazine, 39, 377-389 [view file]