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Conichalcite R050506

Name: Conichalcite
RRUFF ID: R050506
Ideal Chemistry: CaCu(AsO₄)(OH)
Locality: Higgins mine, Bisbee, Arizona, USA
Source: University of Arizona Mineral Museum 5665 [view label]
Owner: RRUFF
Description: Aggregate of green granules
Status: The identification of this mineral has been confirmed by single-crystal X-ray diffraction.

Mineral Group: [ Adelite (19) ]

Quick search: [ All Conichalcite samples (6) ]

CHEMISTRY

RRUFF ID:	R050506.2
Sample Description:	Microprobe Fragment

RAMAN SPECTRUM

RRUFF ID:

Sample Description:

Unoriented Raman on the primary sample

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BROAD SCAN WITH SPECTRAL ARTIFACTS

RRUFF ID:

R050506

Wavelength:

Sample Description:

Unoriented Raman on the primary sample

Instrument settings:

Thermo Almega XR 532nm @ 50% of 150mW

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	Raman Data (RAW)
	RRUFF File

POWDER DIFFRACTION

RRUFF ID:

R050506.9

Sample Description:

Single crystal, powder profile is calculated

Cell Refinement Output:

a: 7.3865(2)Å b: 5.8303(1)Å c: 9.2386(2)Å
alpha: 90° beta: 90° gamma: 90° Volume: 397.87(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.

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

REFERENCES for Conichalcite
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]
Breithaupt J F A, Fritzsche F W (1849) Bestimmung neuer Mineralien: Konichalcit, Annalen der Physik und Chemie, 77, 139-141 [view file]
Larsen E S (1921) The microscopic determination of the nonopaque minerals, U.S. Geological Survey Bulletin, 671, 5-294 [view file]
Berry L G (1951) Observations on chonichalcite, cornwallite, euchroite liroconite and olivenite, American Mineralogist, 36, 484-503 [view file]
Qurashi M M, Barnes W H (1963) The structures of the minerals of the descloizite and adelite groups: IV - descloizite and conichalcite (part 2) The structure of conichalcite, The Canadian Mineralogist, 7, 561-577 [view file]
Qurashi M M, Barnes W H (1964) The structures of the minerals of the descloizite and adelite groups: V—descloizite and conichalcite (part 3). The structure of descloizite, The Canadian Mineralogist, 8, 23-39 [view file]
Sumin de Portilla V I (1974) Infrared spectroscopic investigation of the structure of some natural arsenates and the nature of H-bonds in their structures, The Canadian Mineralogist, 12, 262-268 [view file]
Jambor J L, Owens D R, Dutrizac J E (1980) Solid solution in the adelite group of arsenates, The Canadian Mineralogist, 18, 191-195 [view file]
Reddy B J, Frost R L, Martens W N (2005) Characterization of conichalcite by SEM, FTIR, Raman and electronic reflectance spectroscopy, Mineralogical Magazine, 69, 155-167 [view file]
Henderson R R, Yang H, Downs R T, Jenkins R A (2008) Redetermination of conichalcite, CaCu(AsO₄)(OH), Acta Crystallographica, E64, i53-i54 [view file]
Sakai S, Yoshiasa A, Sugiyama K, Miyawaki R (2009) Crystal structure and chemistry of conichalcite, CaCu(AsO₄)(OH), Journal of Mineralogical and Petrological Sciences, 104, 125-131
Schlüter J, Pohl D, Gebhard G (2011) The new mineral hermannroseite, CaCu(PO₄,AsO₄)(OH), the phosphate analogue of conichalcite, from Tsumeb, Namibia, Neues Jahrbuch für Mineralogie, Abhandlungen, 188, 135-140
Mauro D, Biagioni C, Sejkora J, Dolníček Z (2023) Occurrence and crystal chemistry of austinite, conichalcite and zincolivenite from the Peloritani Mountains, northeastern Sicily, Italy, Mineralogical Magazine, 87, 659-669

REFERENCES for Conichalcite

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]

Breithaupt J F A, Fritzsche F W (1849) Bestimmung neuer Mineralien: Konichalcit, Annalen der Physik und Chemie, 77, 139-141 [view file]

Larsen E S (1921) The microscopic determination of the nonopaque minerals, U.S. Geological Survey Bulletin, 671, 5-294 [view file]

Berry L G (1951) Observations on chonichalcite, cornwallite, euchroite liroconite and olivenite, American Mineralogist, 36, 484-503 [view file]

Qurashi M M, Barnes W H (1963) The structures of the minerals of the descloizite and adelite groups: IV - descloizite and conichalcite (part 2) The structure of conichalcite, The Canadian Mineralogist, 7, 561-577 [view file]

Qurashi M M, Barnes W H (1964) The structures of the minerals of the descloizite and adelite groups: V—descloizite and conichalcite (part 3). The structure of descloizite, The Canadian Mineralogist, 8, 23-39 [view file]

Sumin de Portilla V I (1974) Infrared spectroscopic investigation of the structure of some natural arsenates and the nature of H-bonds in their structures, The Canadian Mineralogist, 12, 262-268 [view file]

Jambor J L, Owens D R, Dutrizac J E (1980) Solid solution in the adelite group of arsenates, The Canadian Mineralogist, 18, 191-195 [view file]

Reddy B J, Frost R L, Martens W N (2005) Characterization of conichalcite by SEM, FTIR, Raman and electronic reflectance spectroscopy, Mineralogical Magazine, 69, 155-167 [view file]

Henderson R R, Yang H, Downs R T, Jenkins R A (2008) Redetermination of conichalcite, CaCu(AsO₄)(OH), Acta Crystallographica, E64, i53-i54 [view file]

Sakai S, Yoshiasa A, Sugiyama K, Miyawaki R (2009) Crystal structure and chemistry of conichalcite, CaCu(AsO₄)(OH), Journal of Mineralogical and Petrological Sciences, 104, 125-131

Schlüter J, Pohl D, Gebhard G (2011) The new mineral hermannroseite, CaCu(PO₄,AsO₄)(OH), the phosphate analogue of conichalcite, from Tsumeb, Namibia, Neues Jahrbuch für Mineralogie, Abhandlungen, 188, 135-140

Mauro D, Biagioni C, Sejkora J, Dolníček Z (2023) Occurrence and crystal chemistry of austinite, conichalcite and zincolivenite from the Peloritani Mountains, northeastern Sicily, Italy, Mineralogical Magazine, 87, 659-669