Magnesiocopiapite R060155
Name: Magnesiocopiapite
RRUFF ID: R060155
Ideal Chemistry: MgFe3+4(SO4)6(OH)2·20H2O
Locality: Denver mine, Santa Cruz County, Arizona, USA
Source: University of Arizona Mineral Museum 12789 [view label]
Owner: RRUFF
Description: Yellow fine-grained efflorescence
Status: The identification of this mineral has been confirmed by X-ray diffraction and chemical analysis
Mineral Group: [ Copiapite (4) ]
CHEMISTRY 
RRUFF ID: R060155.2
Sample Description: Microprobe Fragment
Measured Chemistry: (Mg0.95Mn0.05)Σ=1(Fe3+3.56Al0.44)Σ=4(S1.00O4)6(OH)2·17H2O ; H not measured but estimated by difference
Microprobe Data File: [ Download Excel File ]
RAMAN SPECTRUM 
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Sample Description: Unoriented sample
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RRUFF ID: R060155
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Sample Description: Unoriented sample
Instrument settings: Thermo Almega XR 532nm @ 100% of 150mW
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POWDER DIFFRACTION 
RRUFF ID: R060155.1
Sample Description: Powder
Cell Refinement Output: a: 7.358(6)Å    b: 18.799(7)Å    c: 7.386(5)Å
alpha: 91.26(5)°    beta: 102.22(5)°    gamma: 98.83(3)°   Volume: 985.1(0)Å3    Crystal System: triclinic
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Output file from the Bruker D8 Advance instrument. Includes device headers and XY data.

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

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REFERENCES for Magnesiocopiapite

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]

Berry L G (1938) Composition and optics of copiapite, American Mineralogist, 23, 3-3   [view file]

Berry L G (1939) Proceedings of annual meeting: composition and optics of copiapite, American Mineralogist, 24, 182-182   [view file]

Berry L G (1947) Composition and optics of copiapite, University of Toronto Studies: VI. Geological Series, 51, 21-34   [view file]

Süsse P (1972) Crystal structure and hydrogen bonding of copiapite, Zeitschrift für Kristallographie, 135, 34-55

Bayliss P, Atencio D (1985) X-ray powder-diffraction data and cell parameters for copiapite-group minerals, The Canadian Mineralogist, 23, 53-56   [view file]

Majzlan J, Kiefer B (2006) An X-ray and neutron-diffraction study of synthetic ferricopiapite, Fe14/3(SO4)6(OD,OH)2(D2O,H2O)20, and ab initio calculations on the structure of magnesiocopiapite, MgFe4(SO4)6(OH)2(H2O)20, The Canadian Mineralogist, 44, 1227-1237   [view file]

Majzlan J, Michallik R (2007) The crystal structures, solid solutions and infrared spectra of copiapite-group minerals, Mineralogical Magazine, 71, 553-569   [view file]

Mauro D, Biagioni C, Pasero M, Skogby H (2019) Crystal-chemistry of sulfates From the Apuan Alps (Tuscany, Italy). III. Mg-rich sulfate assemblages from the Fornovolasco mining complex, Atti della Società Toscana di Scienze Naturali, Memorie, Serie A, 126, 33-44

Biagioni C, Mauro D, Pasero M (2020) Sulfates from the pyrite ore deposits of the Apuan Alps (Tuscany, Italy): A review, Minerals, 10, 1092   [view file]