Eriochalcite R070026



Name: Eriochalcite
RRUFF ID: R070026
Ideal Chemistry: CuCl2·2H2O
Locality: Tolbachik Volcano, Kamchatka Peninsula, Russia
Source: Michael Scott S105091 [view label]
Owner: RRUFF
Description: Pale bluish-green effluorescence
Status: The identification of this mineral is not yet confirmed.
RAMAN SPECTRUM 
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Sample Description: Unoriented sample
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RRUFF ID: R070026
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Sample Description: Unoriented sample
Instrument settings: Thermo Almega XR 532nm @ 20% of 150mW
REFERENCES for Eriochalcite

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]

Scacchi A (1870) Dell'eriocalco e del melanotallo, nuove specie di minerali, Rendiconto dell'Accademia delle Scienze Fisiche e Matematiche (sezione della Societa reale di Napoli), 9, 86-89   [view file]

MacGillavry C H, Bijvoet J M (1936) Die kristallstruktur der cadmium-und quecksilber-diammin-dihalogenide, Zeitschrift für Kristallographie, 94, 231-245   [view file]

Fleischer M (1951) New mineral names, American Mineralogist, 36, 381-384   [view file]

Brownstein S, Han N F, Gabe E, LePage Y (1989) A redetermination of the crystal structure of cupric chloride dihydrate, Zeitschrift für Kristallographie, 189, 13-15   [view file]

Frost R L (2003) Raman spectroscopy of selected copper minerals of significance in corrosion, Spectrochimica Acta Part A-Molecular and Biomolecular Spectroscopy, 59, 1195-1204

Boeré R T (2023) Crystal structures of CuCl2·2H2O (eriochalcite) and NiCl2·6H2O (nickelbischofite) at low temperature: Full refinement of hydrogen atoms using non-spherical atomic scattering factors, Crystals, 13, 293