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Name: Rosasite RRUFF ID: R050294 Ideal Chemistry: CuZn(CO3)(OH)2 Locality: 79 mine, 4th level, Hayden, Gila County, Arizona, USA Source: George Godas, John Callahan Owner: RRUFF Description: Green botryoidal crust associated with intergrown smithsonite Status: The identification of this mineral has been confirmed by X-ray diffraction and chemical analysis |
Mineral Group: [ malachite (7) ] | ||
Quick search: [ All Rosasite samples (4) ] |
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RAMAN SPECTRUM | ||||||||||||
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POWDER DIFFRACTION | ||||||||
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RRUFF ID: | R050294.1 | |||||||
Sample Description: | Powder, intimately mixed with smithsonite | |||||||
Cell Refinement Output: |
a: 12.864(2)Å b: 9.355(1)Å c: 3.1589(5)Å alpha: 90° beta: 110.04(2)° gamma: 90° Volume: 357.15(6)Å3 Crystal System: monoclinic |
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REFERENCES for Rosasite | |
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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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Lovisato D (1908) Rosasite, nuovo minerale della miniera di Rosas (Sulcis, Sardegna), Atti della Reale Accademia dei Lincei, 17, 723-728 [view file] |
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Strunz H (1959) Tsumeb, seine Erze und Sekundärmineralien, insbesondere der neu aufgeschlossenen zweiten Oxydationszone, Fortschritte der Mineralogie, 37, 87-90 |
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Hawthorne F C, Jambor J L, Bladh K W, Burke E A J, Grice J D, Phillips D, Roberts A C, Schedler R A, Shigley J E (1987) New mineral names, American Mineralogist, 72, 1023-1028 [view file] |
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Perchiazzi N (2006) Crystal structure determination and Rietveld refinement of rosasite and mcguinnessite, Zeitschrift für Kristallographie Supplement, 23, 505-510 |
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Frost R L, Hales M C, Wain D L (2008) Raman spectroscopy of smithsonite, Journal of Raman Spectroscopy, 39, 108-114 |
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Girgsdies F, Behrens M (2012) On the structural relations of malachite. I. The rosasite and ludwigite structure families, Acta Crystallographica, B68, 107-117 |
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Perchiazzi N, Demitri N, Fehér B, Vignola P (2017) On the crystal-chemistry of rosasite and parádsasvárite, The Canadian Mineralogist, 55, 1027-1040 |
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