Piypite R130048
Name: Piypite
RRUFF ID: R130048
Ideal Chemistry: K4Cu4O2(SO4)4·(Na,Cu)Cl
Locality: Second scoria cone, Northern Breakthrough (North Breach), Great Fissure (Main Fracture) eruption, Tolbachik volcano, Kamchatka Oblast', Far-Eastern Region, Russia
Source: Don Doell [view label]
Owner: RRUFF
Description: Sprays of bright green acicular crystals
Status: The identification of this mineral has been confirmed by single-crystal X-ray diffraction.
RAMAN SPECTRUM 
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Sample Description: Unoriented sample; sample burns when above 30% power on 780 laser
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RRUFF ID: R130048
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Sample Description: Unoriented sample; sample burns when above 30% power on 780 laser
Instrument settings: Almega 532nm @ 100% of 150mW
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POWDER DIFFRACTION 
RRUFF ID: R130048.9
Sample Description: Single crystal, powder profile is calculated
Cell Refinement Output: a: 13.599(6)Å    b: 13.599(6)Å    c: 4.995(2)Å
alpha: 90°    beta: 90°    gamma: 90°   Volume: 923.8(4)Å3    Crystal System: tetragonal
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Output file from the Bruker D8 Advance instrument. Includes device headers and XY data.

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REFERENCES for Piypite

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]

Effenberger H, Zemann J (1984) The crystal structure of caratiite, Mineralogical Magazine, 48, 541-546   [view file]

Vergasova L P, Filatov S K, Serafimova E K, Starova G L (1984) Piypite K2Cu2O(SO4)2 - a new mineral of volcanic sublimates, Doklady Akademii Nauk SSSR, 275, 714-717   [view file]

Dunn P J, Gobel V, Grice J D, Puziewicz J, Shigley J E, Vanko D A, Zilczer J (1985) New mineral names, American Mineralogist, 70, 436-441   [view file]

Filatov S K, Vergasova L P (1989) Discrediting of caratiite and priority for piypite, Zapiski Vsesoyuznogo Mineralogicheskogo Obshchestva, 118, issue 3 88-90   [view file]

Kahlenberg V, Piotrowski A, Giester G (2000) Crystal structure of Na4[Cu4O2(SO4)4]·MeCl (Me: Na, Cu, ◻) – the synthetic Na-analogue of piypite (caratiite), Mineralogical Magazine, 64, 1099-1108   [view file]

Shablinskii A P, Filatov S K, Biryukov Y P, Yuriev A A, Vergasova L P (2023) Thermal expansion of fedotovite K2Cu3O(SO4)3 and piypite K4Cu4O(SO4)4·(Na,Cu)Cl, Glass Physics and Chemistry, 49, 386-393