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Atacamite R050098

Name: Atacamite
RRUFF ID: R050098
Ideal Chemistry: Cu₂Cl(OH)₃
Locality: La Farola mine, Tierra Amarilla, Atacama, Chile
Source: Rock Currier
Owner: RRUFF
Description: Green prismatic single crystals
Status: The identification of this mineral has been confirmed by X-ray diffraction and chemical analysis

Mineral Group: [ Atacamite (16) ]

CHEMISTRY

RRUFF ID:	R050098.2
Sample Description:	Microprobe Fragment
Measured Chemistry:	Cu_2.00Cl_1.00(OH)₃
Microprobe Data File:	[ Download Excel File ]

RAMAN SPECTRUM

RRUFF ID:

Sample Description:

Sample is oriented, mounted onto a pin and polished

Pin ID:

M00220

Orientation:

Laser parallel to -b* (0 -1 0). Fiducial mark perpendicular to laser is parallel to c [0 0 1].

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please select a specific
orientation angle.

BROAD SCAN WITH SPECTRAL ARTIFACTS

RRUFF ID:

R050098

Wavelength:

Sample Description:

Raman from the unoriented primary sample

Instrument settings:

Thermo Almega XR 532nm @ 100% of 150mW

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	Raman Data (RAW)
	RRUFF File

INFRARED SPECTRUM (Attenuated Total Reflectance)

RRUFF ID:

R050098.1

Sample Description:

Powder

Instrument settings:

SensIR Durascope on a Nicolet Magna 860 FTIR

Resolution:

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	Infrared Data (Processed)
	RRUFF File

POWDER DIFFRACTION

RRUFF ID:

R050098.1

Sample Description:

Powder

Cell Refinement Output:

a: 6.0303(1)Å b: 6.8677(2)Å c: 9.1189(2)Å
alpha: 90.° beta: 90.° gamma: 90.° Volume: 377.65(1)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.

File Type Information

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

DOWNLOADS:

	Cell Refinement Data
	Cell Refinement Output Data
	DIF File
	X-ray Data (XY - Processed)
	RRUFF File
	X-ray Data (XY - RAW)
	RRUFF File

REFERENCES for Atacamite
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]
Blumenbach J F (1797) V. Kupfergeschlecht. Atacamit, in Handbuch der Naturgeschichte Johann Christian Dieterich Göttingen 655-660 [view file]
Karsten D L G (1800) Tabellarische uebersicht der mineralogisch - einfachen fossilien [as kupfer], in Mineralogische Tabellen Heinrich August Rottmann Berlin 46-46 [view file]
Blumenbach J F (1803) L´atacamit, sable vert d´Atacama, in Manuel D´Histoire Naturelle, Volume 2 Soulange Artaud Paris 348-349 [view file]
Wells AF (1949) The crystal structure of atacamite and the crystal chemistry of cupric compounds, Acta Crystallographica, 2, 175-180 [link]
Sharkey J B, Lewin S Z (1971) Conditions governing the formation of atacamite and paratacamite, American Mineralogist, 56, 179-192 [view file]
Bailey S W (1977) Report of the I.M.A-I.U.Cr. Joint Committee on Nomenclature, American Mineralogist, 62, 411-415 [view file]
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 [view file]
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
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
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
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
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
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
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

REFERENCES for Atacamite

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]

Blumenbach J F (1797) V. Kupfergeschlecht. Atacamit, in Handbuch der Naturgeschichte Johann Christian Dieterich Göttingen 655-660 [view file]

Karsten D L G (1800) Tabellarische uebersicht der mineralogisch - einfachen fossilien [as kupfer], in Mineralogische Tabellen Heinrich August Rottmann Berlin 46-46 [view file]

Blumenbach J F (1803) L´atacamit, sable vert d´Atacama, in Manuel D´Histoire Naturelle, Volume 2 Soulange Artaud Paris 348-349 [view file]

Wells AF (1949) The crystal structure of atacamite and the crystal chemistry of cupric compounds, Acta Crystallographica, 2, 175-180 [link]

Sharkey J B, Lewin S Z (1971) Conditions governing the formation of atacamite and paratacamite, American Mineralogist, 56, 179-192 [view file]

Bailey S W (1977) Report of the I.M.A-I.U.Cr. Joint Committee on Nomenclature, American Mineralogist, 62, 411-415 [view file]

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 [view file]

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

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

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

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

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

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

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