R050053 - RRUFF Database: Raman, X-ray, Infrared, and Chemistry

Chrysocolla R050053

Name: Chrysocolla
RRUFF ID: R050053
Ideal Chemistry: (Cu_2-xAl_x)H_2-xSi₂O₅(OH)₄·nH₂O
Locality: Pima open pit, Pima County, Arizona, USA
Source: University of Arizona Mineral Museum 12921 [view label]
Owner: RRUFF
Description: Blue amorphous fragment
Status: The identification of this mineral has been confirmed only by chemical analysis

Mineral Group: [ Allophane (4) ]

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CHEMISTRY

RRUFF ID:	R050053.2
Sample Description:	Microprobe Fragment
Measured Chemistry:	(Cu_1.65Al_0.18◻_0.09Ca_0.05Mg_0.03)_Σ=2H₂Si_2.00O₅(OH)₄·0.2H₂O
Microprobe Data File:	[ Download Excel File ]

RAMAN SPECTRUM

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Sample Description:

Unoriented sample

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BROAD SCAN WITH SPECTRAL ARTIFACTS

RRUFF ID:

R050053

Wavelength:

Sample Description:

Unoriented sample

Instrument settings:

Thermo Almega XR 532nm @ 100% of 150mW

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INFRARED SPECTRUM (Attenuated Total Reflectance)

RRUFF ID:

R050053.1

Instrument settings:

SensIR Durascope on a Nicolet Magna 860 FTIR

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POWDER DIFFRACTION

RRUFF ID:

R050053.1

Sample Description:

Powder

File Type Information

Output file from the Bruker D8 Advance instrument. Includes device headers and XY data.

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REFERENCES for Chrysocolla
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]
Agricola G (1556) Chrysocolla, in De Re Metallica, translated by Hoover H C and Hoover L H 1950 Dover New York 560-560 [view file]
Chukhrov F V, Zvyagin B B, Gorshkov A I, Ermilova L P, Rudnitskaya E S (1968) About chrysocolla, Doklady Akademii Nauk SSSR Earth Science Sections, 6, 29-44 [view file]
Fleischer M (1969) New mineral names, American Mineralogist, 54, 990-994 [view file]
Oosterwyck-Gastuche M C (1970) La structure de la chrysocolle, Comptes Rendus de l'Académie des Sciences de Paris, 271, 1837-1840
International Mineralogical Association (1980) International Mineralogical Association: Commission on new minerals and mineral names, Mineralogical Magazine, 43, 1053-1055 [view file]
Stebbins F J (2017) Toward the wider application of ²⁹Si NMR spectroscopy to paramagnetic transition metal silicate minerals: copper (II) silicates, American Mineralogist, 102, 2406-2414
Theophrastus (315 BC) Chrysokolla, in Theophrastus On Stones translated by Caley E R and Richards J F C 1956 Ohio State University Columbus, Ohio 25-27 [view file]

REFERENCES for Chrysocolla

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]

Agricola G (1556) Chrysocolla, in De Re Metallica, translated by Hoover H C and Hoover L H 1950 Dover New York 560-560 [view file]

Chukhrov F V, Zvyagin B B, Gorshkov A I, Ermilova L P, Rudnitskaya E S (1968) About chrysocolla, Doklady Akademii Nauk SSSR Earth Science Sections, 6, 29-44 [view file]

Fleischer M (1969) New mineral names, American Mineralogist, 54, 990-994 [view file]

Oosterwyck-Gastuche M C (1970) La structure de la chrysocolle, Comptes Rendus de l'Académie des Sciences de Paris, 271, 1837-1840

International Mineralogical Association (1980) International Mineralogical Association: Commission on new minerals and mineral names, Mineralogical Magazine, 43, 1053-1055 [view file]

Stebbins F J (2017) Toward the wider application of ²⁹Si NMR spectroscopy to paramagnetic transition metal silicate minerals: copper (II) silicates, American Mineralogist, 102, 2406-2414

Theophrastus (315 BC) Chrysokolla, in Theophrastus On Stones translated by Caley E R and Richards J F C 1956 Ohio State University Columbus, Ohio 25-27 [view file]