Bayldonite R050670
Name: Bayldonite
RRUFF ID: R050670
Ideal Chemistry: Cu3PbO(AsO3OH)2(OH)2
Locality: Tsumeb mine, Tsumeb, Otavi District, Oshikoto, Namibia
Source: University of Arizona Mineral Museum 4809
Owner: RRUFF
Description: Green botryoidal coating asociated with olivenite R050670, malachite balls and azurite
Status: The identification of this mineral has been confirmed by X-ray diffraction and chemical analysis
CHEMISTRY 
RRUFF ID: R050670.2
Sample Description: Microprobe Fragment
Measured Chemistry: Pb1.00Cu3.00O(As1.00O3OH)2(OH)2
Microprobe Data File: [ Download Excel File ]
RAMAN SPECTRUM 
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Sample Description: Unoriented sample
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RRUFF ID: R050670
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Sample Description: Unoriented sample
Instrument settings: Thermo Almega XR 532nm @ 100% of 150mW
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INFRARED SPECTRUM (Attenuated Total Reflectance) 
RRUFF ID: R050670.1
Sample Description: Powder
Instrument settings: SensIR Durascope on a Nicolet Magna 860 FTIR
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POWDER DIFFRACTION 
RRUFF ID: R050670.1
Sample Description: Powder
Cell Refinement Output: a: 10.1466(6)Å    b: 5.8921(3)Å    c: 14.091(2)Å
alpha: 90.°    beta: 106.057(6)°    gamma: 90.°   Volume: 809.59(7)    Crystal System: monoclinic
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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 Bayldonite

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]

Church A H (1865) Chemical researches on some new and rare Cornish minerals, Journal of the Chemical Society, 18, 259-268   [view file]

Ghose S, Wan C (1979) Structural chemistry of copper and zinc minerals. VI. Bayldonite, (Cu,Zn)3Pb(AsO4)2(OH)2: a complex layer structure, Acta Crystallographica, B35, 819-823

Sumin de Portilla V, Quevedo M P, Stepanov V I (1981) The structure of bayldonite: chemical analysis, differential thermal analysis, and IR spectroscopy, American Mineralogist, 66, 148-153   [view file]