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Name: Diaboleite RRUFF ID: R050270 Ideal Chemistry: CuPb2Cl2(OH)4 Locality: Tiger, Pinal County, Arizona, USA Source: Marcus Origlieri Owner: RRUFF Description: Blue irregular crystalline Status: The identification of this mineral has been confirmed by X-ray diffraction and chemical analysis |
Mineral Group: [ Perovskite (44) ] | ||
Quick search: [ All Diaboleite samples (2) ] |
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RAMAN SPECTRUM | ||||||||||||
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POWDER DIFFRACTION | ||||||||
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RRUFF ID: | R050270.1 | |||||||
Sample Description: | Powder | |||||||
Cell Refinement Output: |
a: 5.8675(2)Å b: 5.8675(2)Å c: 5.4927(4)Å alpha: 90° beta: 90° gamma: 90° Volume: 189.10(2)Å3 Crystal System: tetragonal |
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REFERENCES for Diaboleite | |
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American Mineralogist Crystal Structure Database Record: [view record] |
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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] |
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Spencer L J, Mountain E D (1923) New lead-copper minerals from the Mendip Hills (Somerset), Mineralogical Magazine, 20, 67-92 [view file] |
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Wherry E T (1924) New minerals: new species, American Mineralogist, 9, 96-97 [view file] |
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Cooper M A, Hawthorne F C (1995) Diaboleite, Pb2Cu(OH)4Cl2, a defect perovskite structure with stereoactive lone-pair behavior of Pb2+, The Canadian Mineralogist, 33, 1125-1129 [view file] |
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Frost R L, Williams P A, Martens W (2003) Raman spectroscopy of the minerals boléite, cumengéite, diaboléite and phosgenite - implications for the analysis of cosmetics of antiquity, Mineralogical Magazine, 67, 103-111 [view file] |
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Frost R L, Williams P A (2004) Raman spectroscopy of some basic chloride containing minerals of lead and copper, Spectrochimica Acta Part A, 60, 2071-2077 |
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Mitchell R H, Welch M D, Chakhmouradian A R (2017) Nomenclature of the perovskite supergroup: A hierarchical system of classification based on crystal structure and composition, Mineralogical Magazine, 81, 411-461 [view file] |
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