Terlinguaite R060492
Name: Terlinguaite
RRUFF ID: R060492
Ideal Chemistry: Hg2OCl
Locality: Mariposa mine, Terlingua Mining District, Brewster County, Texas, USA
Source: Michael Scott S100036 [view label]
Owner: RRUFF
Description: Pale green colored mass showing perfect cleavage
Status: The identification of this mineral has been confirmed by single-crystal X-ray diffraction.
CHEMISTRY 
RRUFF ID: R060492.2
Sample Description: Microprobe Fragment
RAMAN SPECTRUM 
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Sample Description: Unoriented Ramen on primary sample
Instrument settings: Thermo Almega XR 785nm @ 40% of 500mW
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POWDER DIFFRACTION 
RRUFF ID: R060492.9
Sample Description: Single crystal, powder profile is calculated
Cell Refinement Output: a: 11.959(3)Å    b: 5.910(1)Å    c: 9.472(2)Å
alpha: 90°    beta: 105.58(1)°    gamma: 90°   Volume: 644.9(2)    Crystal System: monoclinic
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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 Terlinguaite

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]

Turner H W (1900) The Terlinqua Quicksilver deposits, Economic Geology, 1, 265-281   [view file]

Turner W H (1900) Terlinguaite, in The Terlingua Mining District, Brewster Co., Texas Mining and Scientific Press San Francisco

Moses A J (1904) Eglestonit, terlinguaït und montroydit, neue quecksilbermineralien von Terlingua in Texas, Zeitschrift für Kristallographie, 39, 3-13   [view file]

Aurivillius K, Folkmarson L (1968) The crystal structure of terlinguaite Hg4O2Cl2, Acta Chemica Scandinavica, 22, 2529-2540

Brodersen K, Göbel G, Liehr G (1989) Terlinguait Hg4O2Cl2 - ein Mineral mit ungewöhnlichen Hg3-baueinheiten, Zeitschrift für Anorganische und Allgemeine Chemie, 575, 145-153