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Clinoatacamite R061066

Name: Clinoatacamite
RRUFF ID: R061066
Ideal Chemistry: Cu₂Cl(OH)₃
Locality: Esperanza mine, Diego de Almagro, Chile
Source: Bob Jenkins [view label]
Owner: RRUFF
Description: Aggregates of dark green pseudo-octahedral crystals associated with malachite
Status: The identification of this mineral is confirmed by single-crystal X-ray diffraction and chemical analysis.

Mineral Group: [ Atacamite (16) ]

Quick search: [ All Clinoatacamite samples (4) ]

CHEMISTRY

RRUFF ID:	R061066.2
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:

Unoriented sample

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BROAD SCAN WITH SPECTRAL ARTIFACTS

RRUFF ID:

R061066

Wavelength:

Sample Description:

Unoriented sample

Instrument settings:

Thermo Almega XR 532nm @ 100% of 150mW

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	Raman Data (RAW)
	RRUFF File

POWDER DIFFRACTION

RRUFF ID:

R061066.9

Sample Description:

Single crystal, powder profile is calculated

Cell Refinement Output:

a: 6.161(1)Å b: 6.812(2)Å c: 9.121(3)Å
alpha: 90° beta: 99.48(2)° gamma: 90° Volume: 377.60(6)Å³ Crystal System: monoclinic

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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	DIF File
	X-ray Data (XY - RAW)
	RRUFF File

REFERENCES for Clinoatacamite
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]
Grice J D, Szymanski J T, Jambor J L (1996) The crystal structure of clinoatacamite, a new polymorph of Cu₂(OH)₃Cl, The Canadian Mineralogist, 34, 73-78 [view file]
Jambor J L, Dutrizac J E, Roberts A C, Grice J D, Szymanski J T (1996) Clinoatacamite, a new polymorph of Cu₂(OH)₃Cl, and its relationship to paratacamite and "anarkite", The Canadian Mineralogist, 34, 61-72 [view file]
Jambor J L, Kovalenker V A, Puziewics J, Roberts A C (1996) New mineral names, American Mineralogist, 81, 1282-1286 [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 (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
Braithwaite R S W, Mereiter K, Paar W H, Clark A M (2004) Herbertsmithite, Cu₃Zn(OH)₆Cl₂, a new species and the definition of paratacamite, Mineralogical Magazine, 68, 527-539 [view file]
Zheng X G, Kawae T, Kashitani Y, Li C S, Tateiwa N, Takeda K, Yamada H, Xu C N, Ren Y (2005) Unconventional magnetic transitions in the mineral clinoatacamite, Physical Review B, 71, 052409-4
Wills A S, Henry J Y (2008) On the crystal and magnetic ordering structures of clinoatacamite, Υ-Cu₂(OD)₃Cl, a proposed valence bond solid, Journal of Physics: Condensed Matter, 20, 472206
Malcherek T, Schlüter J (2009) Structures of the pseudo-trigonal polymorphs of Cu₂(OH)₃Cl, Acta Crystallographica, B65, 334-341

REFERENCES for Clinoatacamite

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]

Grice J D, Szymanski J T, Jambor J L (1996) The crystal structure of clinoatacamite, a new polymorph of Cu₂(OH)₃Cl, The Canadian Mineralogist, 34, 73-78 [view file]

Jambor J L, Dutrizac J E, Roberts A C, Grice J D, Szymanski J T (1996) Clinoatacamite, a new polymorph of Cu₂(OH)₃Cl, and its relationship to paratacamite and "anarkite", The Canadian Mineralogist, 34, 61-72 [view file]

Jambor J L, Kovalenker V A, Puziewics J, Roberts A C (1996) New mineral names, American Mineralogist, 81, 1282-1286 [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 (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

Braithwaite R S W, Mereiter K, Paar W H, Clark A M (2004) Herbertsmithite, Cu₃Zn(OH)₆Cl₂, a new species and the definition of paratacamite, Mineralogical Magazine, 68, 527-539 [view file]

Zheng X G, Kawae T, Kashitani Y, Li C S, Tateiwa N, Takeda K, Yamada H, Xu C N, Ren Y (2005) Unconventional magnetic transitions in the mineral clinoatacamite, Physical Review B, 71, 052409-4

Wills A S, Henry J Y (2008) On the crystal and magnetic ordering structures of clinoatacamite, Υ-Cu₂(OD)₃Cl, a proposed valence bond solid, Journal of Physics: Condensed Matter, 20, 472206

Malcherek T, Schlüter J (2009) Structures of the pseudo-trigonal polymorphs of Cu₂(OH)₃Cl, Acta Crystallographica, B65, 334-341