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Mineral contains: Atacamite
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Blumenbach J F (1803) L´atacamit, sable vert d´Atacama. in Manuel D´Histoire Naturelle, Volume 2, Soulange Artaud (Paris) 348-349
Blumenbach J F (1797) V. Kupfergeschlecht. Atacamit. in Handbuch der Naturgeschichte, Johann Christian Dieterich (Göttingen) 655-660
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
Frost R L, Martens W, Kloprogge J T, Williams P A (2002) Raman spectroscopy of the basic copper chloride minerals atacamite and paratacamite: implications for the study of copper, brass and bronze objects of archeological significance. Journal of Raman Spectroscopy 33, 801-806
Karsten D L G (1800) Tabellarische uebersicht der mineralogisch - einfachen fossilien [as kupfer]. in Mineralogische Tabellen, Heinrich August Rottmann (Berlin) 46-46
Kolitsch U, Rieck B, Brandstätter F, Schreiber F, Fabritz K H, Blaß G, Gröbner J (2014) Neufunde aus dem altem Bergbau und den Schlacken von Lavrion (II). Mineralien Welt 25, 82-95
Lichtenegger H C, Schöberl T, Bartl M H, Waite H, Stucky G D (2002) High abrasion resistance with sparse mineralization: Copper biomineral in worm jaws. Science 298, 389-391
Martens W, Frost R L, Williams P A (2003) Raman and infrared spectroscopic study of the basic copper chloride minerals - implications for the study of the copper and brass corrosion and "bronze disease". Neues Jahrbuch für Mineralogie, Abhandlungen 178, 197-215
Parise J B, Hyde B G (1986) The structure of atacamite and its relationship to spinel. Acta Crystallographica C42, 1277-1280
Pollard A M, Thomas R G, Williams P A (1989) Synthesis and stabilities of the basic copper (II) chlorides atacamite, paratacamite and botallackite. Mineralogical Magazine 53, 557-563
Scott D A (2000) A review of copper chlorides and related salts in bronze corrosion and as painting pigments. Studies in Conservation 45, 39-53
Sharkey J B, Lewin S Z (1971) Conditions governing the formation of atacamite and paratacamite. American Mineralogist 56, 179-192
Wells AF (1949) The crystal structure of atacamite and the crystal chemistry of cupric compounds. Acta Crystallographica 2, 175-180
Zheng X G, Mori T, Nishiyama K, Higemoto W, Yamada H, Nishikubo K, Xu C N (2005) Antiferromagnetic transitions in polymorphous minerals of the natural cuprates atacamite and botallackite Cu2Cl(OH)3. Physical Review B 71, 174404-8
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