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Lavendulan R060716

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Name: Lavendulan
RRUFF ID: R060716
Ideal Chemistry: NaCaCu5(AsO4)4Cl·5H2O
Locality: Guanaco, Antofagasta Province, Chile
Source: Bob Jenkins [view label]
Owner: RRUFF
Description: Rosettes of blue platy crystals associated with dark green lammerite, R060715
Status: The identification of this mineral is not yet confirmed.
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RAMAN SPECTRUM 
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Sample Description: Uoriented sample
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RRUFF ID: R060716
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Sample Description: Uoriented sample
Instrument settings: Thermo Almega XR 532nm @ 100% of 150mW
REFERENCES for Lavendulan

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 (1837) Bestimmung neuer mineralien. 3. Lavendulan, Journal für Praktische Chemie, 10, 505-506   [view file]

Fleischer M (1957) New mineral names, American Mineralogist, 42, 117-124   [view file]

Strunz H (1959) Tsumeb, seine Erze und Sekundärmineralien, insbesondere der neu aufgeschlossenen zweiten Oxydationszone, Fortschritte der Mineralogie, 37, 87-90

Frost R L, Weier M L, Williams P A, Leverett P, Kloprogge J T (2007) Raman spectroscopy of the sampleite group of minerals, Journal of Raman Spectroscopy, 38, 574-583

Giester G, Kolitsch U, Leverett P, Turner P, Williams P A (2007) The crystal structures of lavendulan, sampleite, and a new polymorph of sampleite, European Journal of Mineralogy, 19, 75-93