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Butlerite R110160
Name: Butlerite
RRUFF ID: R110160
Ideal Chemistry: Fe3+(SO4)(OH)·2H2O
Locality: United Verde mine, Jerome, Arizona
Source: George Rossman, California Institute of Technology CIT-9167, GRR186, USNM 95953 [view label]
Owner: RRUFF
Description: Orange translucent grains
Status: The identification of this mineral has been confirmed by single-crystal X-ray diffraction.
Mineral Group: [ Not in a structural group (133) ]
RAMAN SPECTRUM 
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Sample Description: Unoriented Raman on the primary sample
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Sample Description: Unoriented Raman on the primary sample
Instrument settings: Thermo Almega XR 532nm @ 100% of 150mW
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POWDER DIFFRACTION 
RRUFF ID: R110160.9
Sample Description: Single crystal, powder profile is calculated
Cell Refinement Output: a: 6.5249(3)Å    b: 7.3680(4)Å    c: 5.8517(3)Å
alpha: 90°    beta: 108.546(1)°    gamma: 90°   Volume: 266.72(4)Å3    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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REFERENCES for Butlerite

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]

Lausen C (1928) Hydrous sulphates formed under fumerolic conditions at the United Verde Mine, American Mineralogist, 13, 203-229   [view file]

Frondel C, Fleischer M (1942) New mineral names, American Mineralogist, 27, 144-144   [view file]

Cesbron F (1964) Contribution à la minéralogie des sulphates de fer hydratés, Bulletin de la Société Française de Minéralogie et de Cristallographie, 87, 125-143   [view file]

Fanfani L, Nunzi A, Zanazzi P F (1971) The crystal structure of butlerite, American Mineralogist, 56, 751-757   [view file]

Rossman G R (1976) Spectroscopic and magnetic studies of ferric iron hydroxy sulfates: the series Fe(OH)SO4·nH2O and jarosites, American Mineralogist, 61, 398-404   [view file]

Bariand P, Cesbron F, Berthelon J-P (1977) Les sulfates de fer de Saghand près de Yazd (Iran), Mémoire Hors-Série de la Société Géologique de France, 8, 77-85   [view file]

Scordari F (1981) Fibroferrite: a mineral with a {Fe(OH)(H2O)2SO4} spiral chain and its relationship to Fe(OH)SO4, butlerite and parabutlerite, Tschermaks Mineralogische und Petrographische Mitteilungen, 28, 17-29

Čejka J, Sejkora J, Plášil J, Bahfenne S, Palmer S J, Frost R L (2011) A vibrational spectroscopic study of hydrated Fe3+ hydroxyl-sulfates; polymorphic minerals butlerite and parabutlerite, Spectrochimica Acta Part A, 79, 1356-1363

Majzlan J, Dachs E, Benisek A, Plášil J, Sejkora J (2018) Thermodynamics, crystal chemistry and structural complexity of the Fe(SO4)(OH)(H2O)x phases: Fe(SO4)(OH), metahohmannite, butlerite, parabutlerite, amarantite, hohmannite, and fibroferrite, European Journal of Mineralogy, 30, 259-275