Philipsbornite R150127

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Name: Philipsbornite
RRUFF ID: R150127
Ideal Chemistry: PbAl3(AsO4)(AsO3OH)(OH)6
Locality: Tsumeb mine, Tsumeb, Namibia
Source: Shields Flynn
Owner: RRUFF
Description: Aggregates of colorless cubic crystals with brown coating, associated with cuprian adamite
Status: The identification of this mineral is confirmed by single-crystal X-ray diffraction and chemical analysis.
Mineral Groups: [ alunite (46) ] [ crandallite (14) ]
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CHEMISTRY 
RRUFF ID: R150127.2
Sample Description: Microprobe Fragment
Measured Chemistry: Pb1.00(Al2.81Fe0.26)(As0.96O4)(AsO3OH)(OH)6
Microprobe Data File: [ Download Excel File ]
RAMAN SPECTRUM 
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Sample Description: Unoriented Raman on the primary sample
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RRUFF ID: R150127
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Sample Description: Unoriented Raman on the primary sample
Instrument settings: Thermo Almega XR 532nm @ 100% of 150mW
POWDER DIFFRACTION 
RRUFF ID: R150127.9
Sample Description: Single crystal, powder profile is calculated
Cell Refinement Output: a: 7.151(1)Å    b: 7.151(1)Å    c: 17.124(2)Å
alpha: 90°    beta: 90°    gamma: 120°   Volume: 758.4(2)Å3    Crystal System: hexagonal
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REFERENCES for Philipsbornite

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, Chao G Y, Mandarino J A (1982) New mineral names, American Mineralogist, 67, 854-860   [view file]

Walenta K, Zwiener M, Dunn P J (1982) Philipsbornit, ein neues Mineral der Crandallitreihe von Dundas auf Tasmanien, Neues Jahrbuch für Mineralogie, Monatshefte, 1982, 1-5

Schwab R G, Götz C, Herold H, Pinto de Oliveira N (1991) Compounds of the crandallite type: Synthesis and properties of pure (Ca, Sr, Ba, Pb, La, Ce to Eu) - arsenocrandallites, Neues Jahrbuch für Mineralogie, Monatshefte, 1991, 97-112

Jambor J L (1999) Nomenclature of the alunite supergroup, The Canadian Mineralogist, 37, 1323-1341   [view file]

Bayliss P, Kolitsch U, Nickel E H, Pring A (2010) Alunite supergroup: recommended nomenclature, Mineralogical Magazine, 74, 919-927   [view file]

Cooper M A, Hawthorne F C (2012) Refinement of the crystal structure of zoned philipsbornite-hidalgoite from the Tsumeb mine, Namibia, and hydrogen bonding in the D2+G3+3(T5+O4)(TO3OH)(OH)6 alunite structures, Mineralogical Magazine, 76, 839-849   [view file]