Plancheite R070233
Name: Plancheite
RRUFF ID: R070233
Ideal Chemistry: Cu8(Si4O11)2(OH)4·H2O
Locality: Tsumeb mine, Tsumeb, Otavi District, Oshikoto, Namibia
Source: Michael Scott S105426 [view label]
Owner: RRUFF
Description: Light blue radial fibrous, chatoyant crystals with drusy malachite
Status: The identification of this mineral is not yet confirmed.
RAMAN SPECTRUM 
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Sample Description: Unoriented sample
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RRUFF ID: R070233
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Sample Description: Unoriented sample
Instrument settings: Thermo Almega XR 785nm @ 65% of 500mW
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REFERENCES for Plancheite

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]

Lacroix A (1908) Les minéraux accompagnant la dioptase de Mindouli (Congo français), Bulletin de la Société Française de Minéralogie, 31, 247-259   [view file]

Schaller W T (1919) Plancheite and shattuckite, copper silicates, are not the same mineral, Journal of the Washington Academy of Sciences, 9, 131-134   [view file]

Fleischer M (1967) New mineral names, American Mineralogist, 52, 559-564   [view file]

Le Bihan M T (1967) Contribution à l'étude des silicates de cuivre. Différenciation de la shattuckite et de la planchéite. Structure atomique de la shattuckite, Bulletin de la Société Française de Minéralogie et de Cristallographie, 90, 3-7   [view file]

Evans H T, Mrose M E (1977) The crystal chemistry of the hydrous copper silicates, shattuckite and planchéite, American Mineralogist, 62, 491-502   [view file]