Seeligerite R060714

Name: Seeligerite
RRUFF ID: R060714
Ideal Chemistry: Pb₃(IO₄)Cl₃
Locality: San Francisco mine, Sierra Gorda, Chile
Source: Bob Jenkins [view label]
Owner: RRUFF
Description: A mass of bright yellow platelets associated with colorless quartz
Status: The identification of this mineral has been confirmed by single-crystal X-ray diffraction.

RAMAN SPECTRUM

RRUFF ID:

Sample Description:

Unoriented sample

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BROAD SCAN WITH SPECTRAL ARTIFACTS

RRUFF ID:

R060714

Wavelength:

Sample Description:

Unoriented sample

Instrument settings:

Thermo Almega XR 532nm @ 100% of 150mW

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POWDER DIFFRACTION

RRUFF ID:

R060714.9

Sample Description:

Single crystal, powder profile is calculated

Cell Refinement Output:

a: 7.979(5)Å b: 7.983(3)Å c: 27.302(9)Å
alpha: 90° beta: 90° gamma: 90° Volume: 1739.0(4)Å³ Crystal System: orthorhombic

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 Seeligerite
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]
Mücke A (1971) Seeligerit, ein natürliches Blei-Jodat, Neues Jahrbuch für Mineralogie, Monatshefte, 1971, 210-217
Fleischer M (1972) New mineral names, American Mineralogist, 57, 325-329 [view file]
Bindi L, Welch M D, Bonazzi P, Pratesi G, Menchetti S (2008) The crystal structure of seeligerite, Pb₃IO₄Cl₃, a rare Pb-I-oxychloride from the San Rafael mine, Sierra Gorda, Chile, Mineralogical Magazine, 72, 771-783 [view file]