Gerhardtite R050637
Name: Gerhardtite
RRUFF ID: R050637
Ideal Chemistry: Cu2NO3(OH)3
Locality: Morenci mine, Morenci, Greenlee County, Arizona, USA
Source: University of Arizona Mineral Museum 13181 [view label]
Owner: RRUFF
Description: Light green stalactite and spherical aggregates
Status: The identification of this mineral is not yet confirmed.
RAMAN SPECTRUM 
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Sample Description: Unoriented sample
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RRUFF ID: R050637
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Sample Description: Unoriented sample
Instrument settings: Thermo Almega XR 532nm @ 100% of 150mW
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REFERENCES for Gerhardtite

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]

Wells H L, Penfield S L (1885) Gerhardtite and artificial basic cupric nitrates, American Journal of Science, 130, 50-57   [view file]

Oswald H R (1961) Über natürlichen und künstlichen Gerhardtit, Zeitschrift für Kristallographie, 116, 210-219   [view file]

Bovio B, Locchi S (1982) Crystal structure of the orthorhombic basic copper nitrate, Cu2(OH)3NO3, Journal of Crystallographic and Spectroscopic Research, 12, 507-517

Effenberger H (1983) Verfeinerung der kristallstruktur des monoklinen dikupfer(II)-trihydroxi-nitrates Cu2(NO3)(OH)3, Zeitschrift für Kristallographie, 165, 127-135   [view file]

Frost R L, Leverett P, Williams P A, Weier M L, Erickson K L (2004) Raman spectroscopy of gerhardtite at 298 and 77 K, Journal of Raman Spectroscopy, 35, 991-996

Melchiorre E B, Williams P A, Rose T P, Talyn B C (2006) Biogenic nitrogen from termite mounds and the origin of gerhardtite at the Great Australia mine, Cloncurry, Queensland, Australia, The Canadian Mineralogist, 44, 1447-1455   [view file]