Cerussite R050174
Name: Cerussite
RRUFF ID: R050174
Ideal Chemistry: PbCO3
Locality: Tsumeb mine, Tsumeb, Otavi District, Oshikoto, Namibia
Source: Marcus Origlieri
Owner: RRUFF
Description: Colorless single crystal
Status: The identification of this mineral has been confirmed by X-ray diffraction and chemical analysis
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CHEMISTRY 
RRUFF ID: R050174.2
Sample Description: Microprobe Fragment
Measured Chemistry: Pb1.00CO3 ; C not measured but estimated by difference and stoichiometry
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RAMAN SPECTRUM 
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Sample Description: Sample is oriented and mounted on a pin
Pin ID: L00917
Orientation: Laser parallel to  a*  (1 0 0).     Fiducial mark perpendicular to laser is parallel to  -b   [0 -1 0].
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RRUFF ID: R050174
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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: R050174.1
Sample Description: Powder
Instrument settings: SensIR Durascope on a Nicolet Magna 860 FTIR
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RRUFF ID: R050174.1
Sample Description: Powder
Instrument settings: PIKE GladiATR - Far-IR on a Nicolet Magna 860 FTIR
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POWDER DIFFRACTION 
RRUFF ID: R050174.1
Sample Description: Powder
Cell Refinement Output: a: 5.1830(2)Å    b: 8.4957(2)Å    c: 6.1440(2)Å
alpha: 90.°    beta: 90.°    gamma: 90.°   Volume: 270.54(1)    Crystal System: orthorhombic
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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 Cerussite

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]

Crabb G (1823) Cerussa, in Universal Technological Dictionary, Volume 1 Baldwin, Cradock, and Joy London 305-305   [view file]

Beudant F S (1832) Céruse, in Traité Élémentaire de Minéralogie, 2nd Edition Paris 363-365   [view file]

Haidinger W (1845) Cerussit, in Handbuch der Bestimmenden Mineralogie Bei Braumüller and Seidel Wien 503-503   [view file]

Sahl K (1974) Verfeinerung de kristallstruktur von cerussite, PbCO3, Zeitschrift für Kristallographie, 139, 215-222   [view file]

Chevrier G, Giester G, Heger G, Jarosch D, Wildner M, Zemann J (1992) Neutron single-crystal refinement of cerussite, PbCO3, and comparison with other aragonite-type carbonates, Zeitschrift für Kristallographie, 199, 67-74   [view file]

Frost R L, Kloprogge J T, Williams P A (2003) Raman spectroscopy of lead sulphate-carbonate minerals - implications for hydrogen bonding, Neues Jahrbuch für Mineralogie, Monatshefte, 2003, 529-542

Antao S M, Hassan I (2009) The orthorhombic structure of CaCO3, SrCO3, PbCO3 and BaCO3: Linear structural trends, The Canadian Mineralogist, 47, 1245-1255   [view file]