Laurelite R100011
Name: Laurelite
RRUFF ID: R100011
Ideal Chemistry: Pb7F12Cl2
Locality: Grand Reef mine, Klondyke, Aravaipa District, Graham County, Arizona, USA
Source: William W. Pinch [view label]
Owner: RRUFF
Description: Both prismatic and acicular colorless crystals associated with aravaipaite R100032 and scotlandite R100043
Status: The identification of this mineral has been confirmed by single-crystal X-ray diffraction.
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RAMAN SPECTRUM 
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Sample Description: Unoriented Raman on the primary sample
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RRUFF ID: R100011
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Sample Description: Unoriented Raman on the primary sample
Instrument settings: Thermo Almega XR 532nm @ 100% of 150mW
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POWDER DIFFRACTION 
RRUFF ID: R100011.9
Sample Description: Single crystal, powder profile is calculated
Cell Refinement Output: a: 10.2654(5)Å    b: 10.2654(5)Å    c: 3.9792(2)Å
alpha: 90°    beta: 90°    gamma: 120°   Volume: 363.14(5)Å3    Crystal System: hexagonal
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Calculated diffraction file.

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Output file from the Bruker D8 Advance instrument. Includes device headers and XY data.

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REFERENCES for Laurelite

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]

Kampf A R, Dunn P J, Foord E E (1989) Grandreefite, pseudograndreefite, laurelite, and aravaipaite: Four new minerals from the Grand Reef mine, Graham County, Arizona, American Mineralogist, 74, 927-933   [view file]

Merlino S, Pasero M, Perchiazzi N, Kampf A R (1996) Laurelite: its crystal structure and relationship to α-PbF2, American Mineralogist, 81, 1277-1281   [view file]