Leadhillite R060047


Name: Leadhillite
RRUFF ID: R060047
Ideal Chemistry: Pb4(SO4)(CO3)2(OH)2
Locality: Tsumeb mine, Tsumeb, Otavi District, Oshikoto, Namibia
Source: University of Arizona Mineral Museum 16155 [view label]
Owner: RRUFF
Description: Grayish-blue cleavage fragment
Status: The identification of this mineral has been confirmed by X-ray diffraction and chemical analysis
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CHEMISTRY 
RRUFF ID: R060047.2
Sample Description: Microprobe Fragment
Measured Chemistry: Pb4.00(S1.00O4)(CO3)2(OH)2
RAMAN SPECTRUM 
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Sample Description: Unoriented sample
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RRUFF ID: R060047
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Sample Description: Unoriented sample
Instrument settings: Thermo Almega XR 532nm @ 100% of 150mW
INFRARED SPECTRUM (Attenuated Total Reflectance) 
RRUFF ID: R060047.1
Sample Description: Powder
Instrument settings: SensIR Durascope on a Nicolet Magna 860 FTIR
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POWDER DIFFRACTION 
RRUFF ID: R060047.1
Sample Description: Powder
Cell Refinement Output: a: 9.101(1)Å    b: 20.832(1)Å    c: 11.5788(4)Å
alpha: 90°    beta: 90.376(7)°    gamma: 90°   Volume: 2195.1(2)Å3    Crystal System: monoclinic
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Output file from the Bruker D8 Advance instrument. Includes device headers and XY data.

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REFERENCES for Leadhillite

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]

Beudant F S (1832) Leadhillite, plomb carbonaté rhomboédrique, in Traité Élémentaire de Minéralogie, 2nd Edition Paris 366-367   [view file]

Fleischer M (1970) New mineral names, American Mineralogist, 55, 1444-1449   [view file]

Haacke D F, Williams P A (1981) Stability of plumbonacrite, Journal of Inorganic and Nuclear Chemistry, 43, 406-406

Giuseppetti G, Mazzi F, Tadini C (1990) The crystal structure of leadhillite: Pb4(SO4)(CO3)2(OH)2, Neues Jahrbuch für Mineralogie, Monatshefte, 1990, 255-268

Frost R L, Kloprogge J T, Williams P A (2003) Raman spectroscopy of lead sulphate-carbonate minerals - implications for hydrogen bonding, Neues Jahrbuch für Mineralogie, Monatshefte, 2003, 529-542

Bindi L, Menchetti S (2005) Structural changes accompanying the phase transformation between leadhillite and susannite: a structural study by means of in situ high-temperature single-crystal X-ray diffraction, American Mineralogist, 90, 1641-1647   [view file]

Siidra O, Nekrasova D, Depmeier W, Chukanov N, Zaitsev A, Turner R (2018) Hydrocerussite-related minerals and materials: structural principles, chemical variations and infrared spectroscopy, Acta Crystallographica, B74, 182-195

Markl G, Keim M F, Bayerl R (2019) Unusual mineral diversity in hydrothermal vein-type deposit: The Clara mine, SW Germany, as a type example, The Canadian Mineralogist, 57, 427-456