Tamarugite R061060

		Name: Tamarugite RRUFF ID: R061060 Ideal Chemistry: NaAl(SO₄)₂·6H₂O Locality: El Desierto mine fumaroles, Potosí, Bolivia Source: Michael Scott S100782 [view label] Owner: RRUFF Description: Colorless thin tabular crystals associated with yellow sulfur and colorless potassium alum Status: The identification of this mineral has been confirmed by single-crystal X-ray diffraction.

CHEMISTRY

RRUFF ID:	R061060.2
Sample Description:	Microprobe Fragment

RAMAN SPECTRUM

RRUFF ID:

Sample Description:

Unoriented sample

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BROAD SCAN WITH SPECTRAL ARTIFACTS

RRUFF ID:

R061060

Wavelength:

Sample Description:

Unoriented sample

Instrument settings:

Thermo Almega XR 785nm @ 100% of 500mW

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POWDER DIFFRACTION

RRUFF ID:

R061060.9

Sample Description:

Single crystal, powder profile is calculated

Cell Refinement Output:

a: 7.370(1)Å b: 25.210(6)Å c: 6.098(1)Å
alpha: 90° beta: 94.823(7)° gamma: 90° Volume: 1129.1(7) Crystal System: monoclinic

File Type Information

Calculated diffraction file.

File Type Information

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

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REFERENCES for Tamarugite
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]
Robinson P D, Fang J H (1969) Crystal structures and mineral chemistry of double-salt hydrates: I. Direct determination of the crystal structure of tamarugite, American Mineralogist, 54, 19-30 [view file]
Lombardi G, Sposato A (1981) Tamarugite from Vulcano, Aeolian Islands, Italy, The Canadian Mineralogist, 19, 403-407 [view file]