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Paradamite R050582
Name: Paradamite
RRUFF ID: R050582
Ideal Chemistry: Zn2(AsO4)(OH)
Locality: Ojuela mine, Mapimi, Durango, Mexico
Source: University of Arizona Mineral Museum 13752 [view label]
Owner: RRUFF
Description: Groups of tabular pale yellow crystals
Status: The identification of this mineral has been confirmed by X-ray diffraction and chemical analysis
Mineral Group: [ Tarbuttite (2) ]
CHEMISTRY 
RRUFF ID: R050582.2
Sample Description: Microprobe Fragment
Measured Chemistry: Zn2.00(As1.00O4)(OH)
RAMAN SPECTRUM 
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Sample Description: Unoriented Sample
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RRUFF ID: R050582
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Sample Description: Unoriented Sample
Instrument settings: Thermo Almega XR 532nm @ 100% of 150mW
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INFRARED SPECTRUM (Attenuated Total Reflectance) 
RRUFF ID: R050582.1
Sample Description: Powder
Instrument settings: SensIR Durascope on a Nicolet Magna 860 FTIR
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POWDER DIFFRACTION 
RRUFF ID: R050582.1
Sample Description: Powder
Cell Refinement Output: a: 5.8259(8)Å    b: 6.7027(3)Å    c: 5.6415(5)Å
alpha: 104.343(9)°    beta: 92.26(1)°    gamma: 76.82(2)°   Volume: 207.78(3)Å3    Crystal System: triclinic
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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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Output file from the Bruker D8 Advance instrument. Includes device headers and XY data.

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REFERENCES for Paradamite

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]

Fleischer M (1956) New mineral names, American Mineralogist, 41, 958-960   [view file]

Switzer G (1956) Paradamite, a new zinc arsenate from Mexico, Science, 123, 1039-1039

Kato T, Miura Y (1977) The crystal structures of adamite and paradamite, Mineralogical Journal, 8, 320-328   [view file]

Hawthorne F C (1979) Paradamite, Acta Crystallographica, B35, 720-722

Bennett T J (1980) Crystal structure of paradamite, American Mineralogist, 65, 353-354   [view file]

Jinnouchi S, Yoshiasa A, Sugiyama K, Shimura R, Arima H, Momma H, Miyawaki R (2016) Crystal structure refinements of legrandite, adamite, and paradamite: The complex structure and characteristic hydrogen bonding network of legrandite, Journal of Mineralogical and Petrological Sciences, 111, 35-43