Papagoite R040182
Name: Papagoite
RRUFF ID: R040182
Ideal Chemistry: CaCuAlSi2O6(OH)3
Locality: Ajo, Pima County, Arizona, USA
Source: University of Arizona Mineral Museum 10049 [view label]
Owner: RRUFF
Description: Blue crusty coating
Status: The identification of this mineral has been confirmed by X-ray diffraction and chemical analysis
CHEMISTRY 
RRUFF ID: R040182.2
Sample Description: Microprobe Fragment
Measured Chemistry: Ca0.97Cu1.00Al0.98Si2.03O6(OH)3
RAMAN SPECTRUM 
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Sample Description: Unoriented sample, sample is too fine grained to provide oriented spectra
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RRUFF ID: R040182
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Sample Description: Unoriented sample, sample is too fine grained to provide oriented spectra
Instrument settings: Thermo Almega XR 532nm @ 100% of 150mW
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INFRARED SPECTRUM (Attenuated Total Reflectance) 
RRUFF ID: R040182.1
Sample Description: Powder
Instrument settings: SensIR Durascope on a Nicolet Magna 860 FTIR
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POWDER DIFFRACTION 
RRUFF ID: R040182.1
Sample Description: Powder
Cell Refinement Output: a: 12.9202(6)Å    b: 11.490(1)Å    c: 4.6956(2)Å
alpha: 90.°    beta: 100.742(5)°    gamma: 90.°   Volume: 684.89(4)Å3    Crystal System: monoclinic
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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 Papagoite

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]

Hutton C O, Vlisidis A C (1960) Papagoite, a new copper-bearing mineral from Ajo, Arizona, American Mineralogist, 45, 599-611   [view file]

Fleischer M (1961) New mineral names, American Mineralogist, 46, 464-468   [view file]

International Mineralogical Association (1962) International Mineralogical Association: Commission on new minerals and mineral names, Mineralogical Magazine, 33, 260-263   [view file]

Guillebert C, Le Bihan M T (1965) Contribution à l'étude structurale des silicates de cuivre: structure atomique de la papagoïte, Bulletin de la Société Française de Minéralogie et de Cristallographie, 88, 119-121   [view file]

Groat L A, Hawthorne F C (1987) Refinement of the structure of papagoite, CaCuAlSi2O6(OH)3, Mineralogy and Petrology, 37, 89-96