Zincolibethenite R150008
Name: Zincolibethenite
RRUFF ID: R150008
Ideal Chemistry: CuZn(PO4)(OH)
Locality: Skorpion mine, Rosh Pinah, Namibia
Source: Marcus Origlieri [view label]
Owner: RRUFF
Description: Irregular bright blue-green crystals, associated with colorless, prismatic hemimorphite.
Status: The identification of this mineral has been confirmed only by single crystal X-ray diffraction.
Mineral Group: [ Andalusite (17) ]
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RAMAN SPECTRUM 
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Sample Description: Unoriented Raman on the primary sample
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RRUFF ID: R150008
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Sample Description: Unoriented Raman on the primary sample
Instrument settings: Thermo Almega XR 532nm @ 50% of 150mW
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POWDER DIFFRACTION 
RRUFF ID: R150008.9
Sample Description: Single crystal, powder profile is calculated
Cell Refinement Output: a: 8.312(6)Å    b: 8.264(5)Å    c: 5.869(3)Å
alpha: 90°    beta: 90°    gamma: 90°   Volume: 403.1(2)Å3    Crystal System: orthorhombic
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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 Zincolibethenite

American Mineralogist Crystal Structure Database Record: [view record]

Braithwaite R S W, Pritchard R G, Paar W H, Pattrick R A D (2005) A new mineral, zincolibethenite, CuZnPO4OH, a stoichiometric species of specific site occupancy, Mineralogical Magazine, 69, 145-153   [view file]

Piilonen P C, Locock A, Grew E S (2005) New mineral names, American Mineralogist, 90, 1945-1952   [view file]

Williams P A, Leverett P, Birch W D, Hibbs D E, Kilitsch U, Mihajlovic T (2006) Zinc-rich zincolibethenite from Broken Hill, New South Wales, Australian Journal of Mineralogy, 12, 3-7   [view file]