Leightonite - RRUFF Database: Raman, X-ray, Infrared, and Chemistry

Leightonite R050211

Name: Leightonite
RRUFF ID: R050211
Ideal Chemistry: K₂Ca₂Cu(SO₄)₄·2H₂O
Locality: Chuquicamata mine, Calama, Antofagasta Province, Chile
Source: John Dagenais
Owner: RRUFF
Description: Blue lathlike crystals
Status: The identification of this mineral has been confirmed by X-ray diffraction and chemical analysis

CHEMISTRY

RRUFF ID:	R050211.2
Sample Description:	Microprobe Fragment
Measured Chemistry:	(K_1.91Na_0.09)_Σ=2Ca_2.00Cu_1.00(S_1.00O₄)₄·1.96H₂O
Microprobe Data File:	[ Download Excel File ]

RAMAN SPECTRUM

RRUFF ID:

Sample Description:

Unoriented sample

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BROAD SCAN WITH SPECTRAL ARTIFACTS

RRUFF ID:

R050211

Wavelength:

Sample Description:

Unoriented sample

Instrument settings:

Thermo Almega XR 532nm @ 100% of 150mW

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INFRARED SPECTRUM (Attenuated Total Reflectance)

RRUFF ID:

R050211.1

Sample Description:

Powder

Instrument settings:

SensIR Durascope on a Nicolet Magna 860 FTIR

Resolution:

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RRUFF ID:

R050211.1

Sample Description:

Powder

Instrument settings:

PIKE GladiATR - Far-IR on a Nicolet Magna 860 FTIR

Resolution:

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POWDER DIFFRACTION

RRUFF ID:

R050211.1

Sample Description:

Powder

Cell Refinement Output:

a: 11.657(1)Å b: 7.4968(4)Å c: 10.065(1)Å
alpha: 90° beta: 124.97(1)° gamma: 90° Volume: 720.7(0)Å³ 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.

File Type Information

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

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REFERENCES for Leightonite
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]
Bandy M C (1938) Mineralogy of three sulphate deposits of Northern Chile, American Mineralogist, 23, 669-760 [view file]
Palache C (1938) Leightonite, a new sulphate of copper from Chile, American Mineralogist, 23, 34-37 [view file]
Van Loan P R (1962) An X-ray study of leightonite, The Canadian Mineralogist, 7, 272-277 [view file]
Menchetti S, Bindi L, Bonzzi P, Olmi F (2002) Disordered distribution of Cu in the crystal structure of leightonite, K₂Ca₂Cu(SO₄)₄·2H₂O, American Mineralogist, 87, 721-725 [view file]

REFERENCES for Leightonite

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]

Bandy M C (1938) Mineralogy of three sulphate deposits of Northern Chile, American Mineralogist, 23, 669-760 [view file]

Palache C (1938) Leightonite, a new sulphate of copper from Chile, American Mineralogist, 23, 34-37 [view file]

Van Loan P R (1962) An X-ray study of leightonite, The Canadian Mineralogist, 7, 272-277 [view file]

Menchetti S, Bindi L, Bonzzi P, Olmi F (2002) Disordered distribution of Cu in the crystal structure of leightonite, K₂Ca₂Cu(SO₄)₄·2H₂O, American Mineralogist, 87, 721-725 [view file]