Mimetite R070309 - RRUFF Database: Raman, X-ray, Infrared, and Chemistry

Mimetite R070309

Name: Mimetite
RRUFF ID: R070309
Ideal Chemistry: Pb₅(AsO₄)₃Cl
Locality: Vrancice, Czechoslovakia
Source: Michael Scott S102788 [view label]
Owner: RRUFF
Description: Creamy white massive associated with white calcite. Crystal structure analysis demonstrated full occupancy by Pb with no ordering of Ca.
Status: The identification of this mineral has been confirmed by single-crystal X-ray diffraction.

Mineral Group: [ Apatite (56) ]

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RAMAN SPECTRUM

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Sample Description:

Unoriented sample

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BROAD SCAN WITH SPECTRAL ARTIFACTS

RRUFF ID:

R070309

Wavelength:

Sample Description:

Unoriented sample

Instrument settings:

Thermo Almega XR 532nm @ 100% of 150mW

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POWDER DIFFRACTION

RRUFF ID:

R070309.9

Sample Description:

Single crystal, powder profile is calculated

Cell Refinement Output:

a: 10.266(3)Å b: 10.266(3)Å c: 7.386(3)Å
alpha: 90° beta: 90° gamma: 120° Volume: 674.2(2)Å³ Crystal System: hexagonal

File Type Information

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 Mimetite
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]
Beudant F S (1832) Mimetèse, plomb arséniaté, in Traité Élémentaire de Minéralogie, 2nd Edition Paris 594-595 [view file]
Fleischer M (1969) New mineral names, American Mineralogist, 54, 990-994 [view file]
Sumin de Portilla V I (1974) Infrared spectroscopic investigation of the structure of some natural arsenates and the nature of H-bonds in their structures, The Canadian Mineralogist, 12, 262-268 [view file]
Cesbron F, Williams S A (1980) Iranite-hémihédrite, bellite, phoenicochroite, vauquelinite et fornacite: synthèse et nouvelles données, Bulletin de Minéralogie, 103, 469-477 [view file]
Sokolova E V, Egorov-Tismenko Yu K (1982) Study of crystalline structures of rare arsenates: duftite and mimetite, Vestnik Moskovskogo Universiteta, Geologiya, 37, 50-56
Ginderow D (1988) Structure cristalline d´un chloro-silico-chromate de plomb, Pb₅(CrO₄,SiO₄)₃Cl, Zeitschrift für Kristallographie, 184, 185-190 [view file]
Dai Y, Hughes J M, Moore P B (1991) The crystal structures of mimetite and clinomimetite, Pb₅(AsO₄)₃Cl, The Canadian Mineralogist, 29, 369-376 [view file]
Shannon R D, Shannon R C, Medenbach O, Fischer R X (2002) Refractive index and dispersion of fluorides and oxides, Journal of Physical and Chemical Reference Data, 31, 931-970 [view file]
Frost R L, Crane M, Williams P A, Kloprogge J T (2003) Isomorphic substitution in vanadinite [Pb₅(VO₄)₃Cl] - a Raman spectroscopic study, Journal of Raman Spectroscopy, 34, 214-220
Baikie T, Ferraris C, Klooster W T, Madhavi S, Pramana S S, Pring A, Schmidt G, White T J (2008) Crystal chemistry of mimetite, Pb₁₀(AsO₄)₆Cl_1.48O_0.26, and finnemanite, Pb₁₀(AsO₃)₆Cl₂, Acta Crystallographica, B64, 34-41 [view file]
Lyalina L M, Savchenko Y E, Selivanova E A, Zozulya D R (2010) Behoite and mimetite from the Saharjok alkaline intrusion, Kola Peninsula, Geology of Ore Deposits, 52, 641-645
Pasero M, Kampf A R, Ferraris C, Pekov I V, Rakovan J R, White T J (2010) Nomenclature of the apatite supergroup minerals, European Journal of Mineralogy, 22, 163-179 [view file]
Flis J, Manecki M, Bajda T (2011) Solubility of pyromorphite Pb₅(PO₄)₃Cl - mimetite Pb₅(AsO₄)₃Cl solid solution series, Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta, 75, 1858-1868
Okudera H (2013) Relationships among channel typology and atomic displacements in the structures of Pb₅(BO₄)₃Cl with B = P (pyromorphite), V (vanadinite), and As (mimetite), American Mineralogist, 98, 1573-1579
Markl G, Marks M A W, Holzäpfel J, Wenzel T (2014) Major, minor, and trace element composition of pyromorphite-group minerals as recorder of supergene weathering processes from the Schwarzwald mining district, SW Germany, American Mineralogist, 99, 1133-1146
Epp T, Marks M A W, Ludwig T, Kendrick M A, Eby N, Neidhardt H, Oelmann Y, Markl G (2019) Crystallographic and fluid compositional effects on the halogen (Cl, F, Br, I) incorporation in pyromorphite-group minerals, American Mineralogist, 104, 1673-1688
Puzio B, Zhang L, Szymanowski J E S, Burns P C, Manecki M (2023) Thermodynamic characterization of synthetic lead-arsenate apatites with different halogen substitutions, American Mineralogist, 108, 675-685

REFERENCES for Mimetite

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]

Beudant F S (1832) Mimetèse, plomb arséniaté, in Traité Élémentaire de Minéralogie, 2nd Edition Paris 594-595 [view file]

Fleischer M (1969) New mineral names, American Mineralogist, 54, 990-994 [view file]

Sumin de Portilla V I (1974) Infrared spectroscopic investigation of the structure of some natural arsenates and the nature of H-bonds in their structures, The Canadian Mineralogist, 12, 262-268 [view file]

Cesbron F, Williams S A (1980) Iranite-hémihédrite, bellite, phoenicochroite, vauquelinite et fornacite: synthèse et nouvelles données, Bulletin de Minéralogie, 103, 469-477 [view file]

Sokolova E V, Egorov-Tismenko Yu K (1982) Study of crystalline structures of rare arsenates: duftite and mimetite, Vestnik Moskovskogo Universiteta, Geologiya, 37, 50-56

Ginderow D (1988) Structure cristalline d´un chloro-silico-chromate de plomb, Pb₅(CrO₄,SiO₄)₃Cl, Zeitschrift für Kristallographie, 184, 185-190 [view file]

Dai Y, Hughes J M, Moore P B (1991) The crystal structures of mimetite and clinomimetite, Pb₅(AsO₄)₃Cl, The Canadian Mineralogist, 29, 369-376 [view file]

Shannon R D, Shannon R C, Medenbach O, Fischer R X (2002) Refractive index and dispersion of fluorides and oxides, Journal of Physical and Chemical Reference Data, 31, 931-970 [view file]

Frost R L, Crane M, Williams P A, Kloprogge J T (2003) Isomorphic substitution in vanadinite [Pb₅(VO₄)₃Cl] - a Raman spectroscopic study, Journal of Raman Spectroscopy, 34, 214-220

Baikie T, Ferraris C, Klooster W T, Madhavi S, Pramana S S, Pring A, Schmidt G, White T J (2008) Crystal chemistry of mimetite, Pb₁₀(AsO₄)₆Cl_1.48O_0.26, and finnemanite, Pb₁₀(AsO₃)₆Cl₂, Acta Crystallographica, B64, 34-41 [view file]

Lyalina L M, Savchenko Y E, Selivanova E A, Zozulya D R (2010) Behoite and mimetite from the Saharjok alkaline intrusion, Kola Peninsula, Geology of Ore Deposits, 52, 641-645

Pasero M, Kampf A R, Ferraris C, Pekov I V, Rakovan J R, White T J (2010) Nomenclature of the apatite supergroup minerals, European Journal of Mineralogy, 22, 163-179 [view file]

Flis J, Manecki M, Bajda T (2011) Solubility of pyromorphite Pb₅(PO₄)₃Cl - mimetite Pb₅(AsO₄)₃Cl solid solution series, Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta, 75, 1858-1868

Okudera H (2013) Relationships among channel typology and atomic displacements in the structures of Pb₅(BO₄)₃Cl with B = P (pyromorphite), V (vanadinite), and As (mimetite), American Mineralogist, 98, 1573-1579

Markl G, Marks M A W, Holzäpfel J, Wenzel T (2014) Major, minor, and trace element composition of pyromorphite-group minerals as recorder of supergene weathering processes from the Schwarzwald mining district, SW Germany, American Mineralogist, 99, 1133-1146

Epp T, Marks M A W, Ludwig T, Kendrick M A, Eby N, Neidhardt H, Oelmann Y, Markl G (2019) Crystallographic and fluid compositional effects on the halogen (Cl, F, Br, I) incorporation in pyromorphite-group minerals, American Mineralogist, 104, 1673-1688

Puzio B, Zhang L, Szymanowski J E S, Burns P C, Manecki M (2023) Thermodynamic characterization of synthetic lead-arsenate apatites with different halogen substitutions, American Mineralogist, 108, 675-685