Tenorite R060978
Name: Tenorite
RRUFF ID: R060978
Ideal Chemistry: CuO
Locality: Algomah, Michigan, USA
Source: Michael Scott S101316 [view label]
Owner: RRUFF
Description: Black massive with some prismatic faces, associated with malachite and chrysocolla. Sample is a pseudomorph.
Status: The identification of this mineral has been confirmed by X-ray diffraction.
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RAMAN SPECTRUM 
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Sample Description: Unoriented sample
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Sample Description: Unoriented sample
Instrument settings: Thermo Almega XR 532nm @ 100% of 150mW
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POWDER DIFFRACTION 
RRUFF ID: R060978.1
Sample Description: Powder, using Mo radiation
Cell Refinement Output: a: 4.679(1)Å    b: 3.4262(9)Å    c: 5.134(2)Å
alpha: 90°    beta: 99.39(3)°    gamma: 90°   Volume: 81.19(4)Å3    Crystal System: monoclinic
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Output file from the Bruker D8 Advance instrument. Includes device headers and XY data.

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REFERENCES for Tenorite

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]

Semmola M S (1842) Du cuivre oxidé natif (ténorite), Bulletin de la Société Géologique de France, 13, 206-211   [view file]

Niggli P (1922) Die Kristallstruktur einiger Oxyde I., Zeitschrift für Kristallographie, 57, 253-299   [view file]

Tunell G, Posnjak E, Ksanda C J (1935) Geometrical and optical properties, and crystal structure of tenorite, Zeitschrift für Kristallographie, 90, 120-142   [view file]

International Mineralogical Association (1962) International Mineralogical Association: Commission on new minerals and mineral names, Mineralogical Magazine, 33, 260-263   [view file]

Åsbrink S, Norrby L-J (1970) A refinement of the crystal structure of copper(II) oxide with a discussion of some exceptional E.s.d.'s, Acta Crystallographica, B26, 8-15

International Mineralogical Association (1980) International Mineralogical Association: Commission on new minerals and mineral names, Mineralogical Magazine, 43, 1053-1055   [view file]

Brese N E, O'Keeffe M, Ramakrishna B L, Von Dreele R B (1990) Low-temperature structures of CuO and AgO and their relationships to those of MgO and PdO, Journal of Solid State Chemistry, 89, 184-190

Åsbrink S, Waśkowska A (1991) CuO: X-ray single-crystal structure determination at 196 K and room temperature, Journal of Physics: Condensed Matter, 3, 8173-8180

Chen X K, Irwin J C, Franck J P (1995) Evidence for a strong spin-phonon interaction in cupric oxide, Physical Review B, 52, R13 130-R13 133

Calos N J, Forrester J S, Schaffer G B (1996) A crystallographic contribution to the mechanism of a mechanically induced solid state reaction, Journal of Solid State Chemistry, 122, 273-280

Debbichi L, Marco de Lucas M C, Pierson J F, Krüger P (2012) Vibrational properties of CuO and Cu4O3 from first-principles calculations, and Raman and infrared spectroscopy, Journal of Physical Chemistry C, 116, 10232-10237

Kolitsch U, Rieck B, Brandstätter F, Schreiber F, Fabritz K, Blaß G, Gröbner J (2014) Neufunde aus dem alten Bergbau und den Schlacken von Lavrion (I), Mineralien Welt, 1, 60-75

Markl G, Keim M F, Bayerl R (2019) Unusual mineral diversity in hydrothermal vein-type deposit: The Clara mine, SW Germany, as a type example, The Canadian Mineralogist, 57, 427-456