Bobkingite R141030
Name: Bobkingite
RRUFF ID: R141030
Ideal Chemistry: Cu5Cl2(OH)8·2H2O
Locality: Cerro Minado Mines, Cuesta Alta, Huércal-Overa, Almería, Andalusia, Spain
Source: William W. Pinch and Robert Pecorini [view label] [view label]
Owner: RRUFF
Description: Aggregates of acicular to bladed bundles of blue crystals on quartz
Status: The identification of this mineral has been confirmed only by single crystal X-ray diffraction.
RAMAN SPECTRUM 
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Sample Description: Unoriented Raman on the primary sample
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RRUFF ID: R141030
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Sample Description: Unoriented Raman on the primary sample
Instrument settings: Thermo Almega XR 532nm @ 10% of 150mW
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POWDER DIFFRACTION 
RRUFF ID: R141030.9
Sample Description: Single crystal, powder profile is calculated
Cell Refinement Output: a: 10.196(6)Å    b: 6.740(4)Å    c: 8.821(6)Å
alpha: 90°    beta: 111.15(2)°    gamma: 90°   Volume: 565.4(3)Å3    Crystal System: monoclinic
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Output file from the Bruker D8 Advance instrument. Includes device headers and XY data.

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REFERENCES for Bobkingite

American Mineralogist Crystal Structure Database Record: [view record]

Hawthorne F C, Cooper M A, Grice J D, Roberts A C, Hubbard N (2002) Description and crystal structure of bobkingite, Cu52+Cl2(OH)8(H2O)2, a new mineral from New Cliffe Hill Quarry, Stanton-under-Bardon, Leicestershire, UK, Mineralogical Magazine, 66, 301-311   [view file]

Mandarino J A (2002) New minerals, The Canadian Mineralogist, 40, 1527-1550   [view file]

Jambor J L, Roberts A C (2003) New mineral names, American Mineralogist, 88, 251-255   [view file]

Kolitsch U, Rieck B, Brandstätter F, Schreiber F, Fabritz K, Blaß G, Gröbner J (2014) Neufunde aus dem alten Bergbau und den Schlacken von Lavrion (I), Mineralien Welt, 1, 60-75