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Name: CuZnCl(OH)3 RRUFF ID: R140401 Ideal Chemistry: CuZnCl(OH)3 Locality: Rowley mine, Maricopa County, Arizona, USA Source: Danielle Sotomayor and Keith Wentz [view label] Owner: RRUFF Description: Thin platy blue crystals, associated with colorless hexagonal tabular simonkolleite (R130616). The compound, chemical formula CuZnCl(OH)3, was found on a metallic mining artifact of copper composition. Status: The identification of this mineral is confirmed by single-crystal X-ray diffraction and chemical analysis. |
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RRUFF ID: | R140401.9 | ||||
Sample Description: | Single crystal, powder profile is calculated | ||||
Cell Refinement Output: |
a: 5.6883(5)Å b: 6.3908(6)Å c: 5.5248(5)Å alpha: 90° beta: 90.832(2)° gamma: 90° Volume: 200.82(3)Å3 Crystal System: monoclinic |
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REFERENCES for CuZnCl(OH)3 | |
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Yang H, Barton I F, Andrade M B, Downs R T (2016) Crystal structure of a new compound, CuZnCl(OH)3, isostructural with botallackite, American Mineralogist, 101, 986-990 [view file] |
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