Teineite R100206
Name: Teineite
RRUFF ID: R100206
Ideal Chemistry: Cu2+(Te4+O3)·2H2O
Locality: Cole shaft, Bisbee, Cochise County, Arizona, USA
Source: Rob Lavinsky/Evan Jones
Owner: RRUFF
Description: Blue prismatic, associated with graemite, R100207, and cuprite
Status: The identification of this mineral has been confirmed by single-crystal X-ray diffraction.
RAMAN SPECTRUM 
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Sample Description: Unoriented Raman on the primary sample
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RRUFF ID: R100206
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Sample Description: Unoriented Raman on the primary sample
Instrument settings: Thermo Almega XR 532nm @ 30% of 150mW
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POWDER DIFFRACTION 
RRUFF ID: R100206.9
Sample Description: Single crystal, powder profile is calculated
Cell Refinement Output: a: 6.630(2)Å    b: 9.600(2)Å    c: 7.425(2)Å
alpha: 90°    beta: 90°    gamma: 90°   Volume: 472.6(1)Å3    Crystal System: orthorhombic
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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 Teineite

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]

Yosimura T (1939) Teineite, a new tellurate mineral from the Teine mine, Hokkaidō, Japan, Journal of the Faculty of Science, Hokkaido Imperial University, Series IV, Geology and Mineralogy, 1939, 465-470   [view file]

Fleischer M (1961) New mineral names, American Mineralogist, 46, 464-468   [view file]

Mandarino J A (1964) Mineralogical notes: X-ray powder data for teineite and chalcomenite, American Mineralogist, 49, 1481-1485   [view file]

Effenberger H (1977) Verfeinerung der Kristallstruktur von synthetischem Teineit CuTeO3·2H2O, Tschermaks Mineralogische und Petrographische Mitteilungen, 24, 287-298