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Haydeeite R120085
Name: Haydeeite
RRUFF ID: R120085
Ideal Chemistry: Cu3Mg(OH)6Cl2
Locality: Haydee mine, Salar Grande, Atacama desert, Chile
Source: Bob Jenkins
Owner: RRUFF
Description: Short, blue to blue-green prismatic euhedral crystals, associated with pale green atacamite
Status: The identification of this mineral has been confirmed by single-crystal X-ray diffraction.
Mineral Group: [ Atacamite (16) ]
RAMAN SPECTRUM 
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Sample Description: Unoriented Raman on the primary sample
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RRUFF ID: R120085
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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: R120085.9
Sample Description: Single crystal, powder profile is calculated
Cell Refinement Output: a: 6.286(4)Å    b: 6.286(4)Å    c: 5.756(4)Å
alpha: 90°    beta: 90°    gamma: 120°   Volume: 196.94(6)Å3    Crystal System: hexagonal
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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 Haydeeite

American Mineralogist Crystal Structure Database Record: [view record]

Malcherek T, Schlüter J (2007) Cu3MgCl2(OH)6 and the bond-valence parameters of the OH—Cl bond, Acta Crystallographica, B63, 157-160

Schlüter J, Malcherek T (2007) Haydeeite, Cu3Mg(OH)6Cl2, a new mineral from the Haydee mine, Salar Grande, Atacama desert, Chile, Neues Jahrbuch für Mineralogie, Abhandlungen, 184, 39-43

Piilonen P C, Poirier G, Tait K T (2008) New mineral names, American Mineralogist, 93, 1941-1946   [view file]