Parahopeite R050463
Name: Parahopeite
RRUFF ID: R050463
Ideal Chemistry: Zn3(PO4)2·4H2O
Locality: Broken Hill mine, Kabwe, Zambia
Source: University of Arizona Mineral Museum 13695 [view label]
Owner: RRUFF
Description: Colorless elongated subparallel aggregate of crystals
Status: The identification of this mineral has been confirmed by X-ray diffraction and chemical analysis
CHEMISTRY 
RRUFF ID: R050463.2
Sample Description: Microprobe Fragment
Measured Chemistry: Zn3.00(P1.00O4)2ยท4H2O
RAMAN SPECTRUM 
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Sample Description: Unoriented sample
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RRUFF ID: R050463
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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: R050463.1
Sample Description: Powder
Instrument settings: SensIR Durascope on a Nicolet Magna 860 FTIR
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RRUFF ID: R050463.1
Sample Description: Powder
Instrument settings: PIKE GladiATR - Far-IR on a Nicolet Magna 860 FTIR
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POWDER DIFFRACTION 
RRUFF ID: R050463.1
Sample Description: Powder
Cell Refinement Output: a: 5.7689(3)Å    b: 7.5452(3)Å    c: 5.2784(4)Å
alpha: 93.446(9)°    beta: 91.191(7)°    gamma: 91.387(8)°   Volume: 229.22(2)    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 Parahopeite

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]

Spencer L J (1908) On hopeite and other zinc phosphates and associated minerals from Broken Hill mines, Noth-Western Rhodesia, Mineralogical Magazine, 15, 1-38   [view file]

Chao G Y (1969) Refinement of the crystal structure of parahopeite, Zeitschrift für Kristallographie, 130, 261-266   [view file]

Frost R L (2004) An infrared and Raman spectroscopic study of natural zinc phosphates, Spectrochimica Acta Part A-Molecular and Biomolecular Spectroscopy, 60, 1439-1445   [link]