Clinoclase R050659 - RRUFF Database: Raman, X-ray, Infrared, and Chemistry

Clinoclase R050659

Name: Clinoclase
RRUFF ID: R050659
Ideal Chemistry: Cu₃AsO₄(OH)₃
Locality: Carissa mine, Tintic District, Utah, USA
Source: University of Arizona Mineral Museum 7906
Owner: RRUFF
Description: Dark blue prismatic single crystal associated with cornwallite
Status: The identification of this mineral has been confirmed by single-crystal X-ray diffraction.

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CHEMISTRY

RRUFF ID:	R050659.2
Sample Description:	Microprobe fragment

RAMAN SPECTRUM

RRUFF ID:

Sample Description:

Unoriented Sample

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BROAD SCAN WITH SPECTRAL ARTIFACTS

RRUFF ID:

R050659

Wavelength:

Sample Description:

Unoriented Sample

Instrument settings:

Thermo Almega XR 532nm @ 100% of 150mW

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POWDER DIFFRACTION

RRUFF ID:

R050659.9

Sample Description:

Single crystal, powder profile is calculated

Cell Refinement Output:

a: 7.23(1)Å b: 6.427(7)Å c: 12.34(2)Å
alpha: 90° beta: 99.52(5)° gamma: 90° Volume: 565.8(7) Crystal System: monoclinic

File Type Information

Calculated diffraction file.

File Type Information

Output file from the Bruker D8 Advance instrument. Includes device headers and XY data.

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REFERENCES for Clinoclase
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 (1895) A chemical study of some native arsenates and phosphates, Mineralogical Magazine, 11, 1-12 [view file]
Ghose S, Fehlmann M, Sundaralingam M (1965) The crystal structure of clinoclase, Cu₃AsO₄(OH)₃, Acta Crystallographica, 18, 777-787
Eby R K, Hawthorne F C (1990) Clinoclase and the geometry of [5]-coordinate Cu²⁺ in minerals, Acta Crystallographica, C46, 2291-2294
Frost R L, Martens W N, Williams P A (2002) Raman spectroscopy of the phase-related basic copper arsenate minerals olivenite, cornwallite, cornubite and clinoclase, Journal of Raman Spectroscopy, 33, 475-484 [link]
Martens W N, Frost R L, Kloprogge J T, Williams P A (2003) The basic copper arsenate minerals olivenite, cornubite, cornwallite, and clinoclase: An infrared emission and Raman spectroscopic study, American Mineralogist, 88, 501-508 [view file]

REFERENCES for Clinoclase

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 (1895) A chemical study of some native arsenates and phosphates, Mineralogical Magazine, 11, 1-12 [view file]

Ghose S, Fehlmann M, Sundaralingam M (1965) The crystal structure of clinoclase, Cu₃AsO₄(OH)₃, Acta Crystallographica, 18, 777-787

Eby R K, Hawthorne F C (1990) Clinoclase and the geometry of [5]-coordinate Cu²⁺ in minerals, Acta Crystallographica, C46, 2291-2294

Frost R L, Martens W N, Williams P A (2002) Raman spectroscopy of the phase-related basic copper arsenate minerals olivenite, cornwallite, cornubite and clinoclase, Journal of Raman Spectroscopy, 33, 475-484 [link]

Martens W N, Frost R L, Kloprogge J T, Williams P A (2003) The basic copper arsenate minerals olivenite, cornubite, cornwallite, and clinoclase: An infrared emission and Raman spectroscopic study, American Mineralogist, 88, 501-508 [view file]