Important Update News
The RRUFF Project (rruff.info) is being updated to improve its interface and content. The beta version of the update is accessible to the public at RRUFF.net. New data is only being added to the beta site. Please note that it is in development, and some components are not functional.
We are grateful to NASA for the funding of this effort.
![]() |
![]() |
Name: Mammothite RRUFF ID: R130100 Ideal Chemistry: Pb6Cu4AlSb5+O2(SO4)2Cl4(OH)16 Locality: Rowley mine, Maricopa County, Arizona, USA Source: Joe Ruiz [view label] Owner: RRUFF Description: Blue bladed crystals, associated with blue cubes of boleite R130099, irregular masses of blue diaboleite, colorless paralaurionite, colorless gypsum in massive cerussite Status: The identification of this mineral has been confirmed by single-crystal X-ray diffraction. |
RAMAN SPECTRUM | ||||||||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|
BROAD SCAN WITH SPECTRAL ARTIFACTS | ||||||||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|
POWDER DIFFRACTION | |||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
RRUFF ID: | R130100.9 | ||||||
Sample Description: | Single crystal, powder profile is calculated | ||||||
Cell Refinement Output: |
a: 18.961(2)Å b: 7.3338(9)Å c: 11.346(1)Å alpha: 90° beta: 112.414(7)° gamma: 90° Volume: 1458.5(3)Å3 Crystal System: monoclinic |
||||||
|
|
REFERENCES for Mammothite | |
---|---|
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] |
|
Effenberger H (1985) The crystal structure of mammothite, Pb6Cu4AlSbO2(OH)16Cl4(SO4)2, Tschermaks Mineralogische und Petrographische Mitteilungen, 34, 279-288 |
|
Peacor D R, Dunn P J, Schnorrer-Köhler G, Bideaux R A (1985) Mammothite a new mineral from Tiger, Arizona and Laurium, Greece, The Mineralogical Record, 16, 117-120 [view file] |
|
Dunn P J, Chao G Y, Fitzpatrick J J, Langley R H, Fleischer M, Zilczer J A (1986) New mineral names, American Mineralogist, 71, 227-232 [view file] |
|
Hawthorne F C, Bladh K W, Burke E A J, Ercit S, Grew E S, Grice J D, Puziewicz J, Roberts A C, Schedler R A, Shigley J E (1986) New mineral names, American Mineralogist, 71, 1543-1548 [view file] |
|
Grice J D, Cooper M A (2014) Mammothite: a Pb-Sb-Cu-Al oxy-hydroxide-sulfate hydrogen atom determination lowers space group symmetry, The Canadian Mineralogist, 52, 687-697 [view file] |
|
|