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Chalcoalumite R060752
Name: Chalcoalumite
RRUFF ID: R060752
Ideal Chemistry: CuAl4(SO4)(OH)12·3H2O
Locality: Bisbee, Arizona, USA
Source: Bob Jenkins [view label]
Owner: RRUFF
Description: Pale green aggregate
Status: The identification of this mineral is not yet confirmed.
Mineral Group: [ Chalcoalumite (4) ]
RAMAN SPECTRUM 
RRUFF ID:
Sample Description: Unoriented sample.
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RRUFF ID: R060752
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Sample Description: Unoriented sample.
Instrument settings: Thermo Almega XR 532nm @ 100% of 150mW
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REFERENCES for Chalcoalumite

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]

Larsen E S, Vassar H E (1925) Chalcoalumite, a new mineral from Bisbee, Arizona, American Mineralogist, 10, 79-83   [view file]

Williams S A, Khin B (1971) Chalcoalumite from Bisbee, Arizona, The Mineralogical Record, 2, 126-127

Hawthorne F C, Cooper M A (2013) The crystal structure of chalcoalumite: mechanisms of Jahn-Teller-driven distortion in [6]Cu2+-containing oxysalts, Mineralogical Magazine, 77, 2901-2912   [view file]