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Lazaraskeite R180026

Name: Lazaraskeite
RRUFF ID: R180026
Ideal Chemistry: Cu(C₂H₃O₃)₂
Locality: Western end of Pusch Ridge in the Santa Catalina Mountains, north of Tucson, Pima County, Arizona, USA
Source: Warren Lazar
Owner: RRUFF
Description: Pale blue to blue prismatic or bladed crystals, associated with chrysocolla, muscovite, orthoclase, calcite, and quartz. Type specimen (UAMM 22052). This is the structure form-1. R190015 is the structure form-2.
Status: The identification of this mineral is confirmed by single-crystal X-ray diffraction and chemical analysis.

Mineral Group: [ Glycolate (6) ]

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CHEMISTRY

RRUFF ID:	R180026.2
Sample Description:	Microprobe Fragment
Measured Chemistry:	Cu²⁺_1.01(C_1.994H₃O₃)₂ ; The C content of 22.6(2) wt.% was obtained from an Elemental Combustion System equipped with mass spectrometry. Crystals are easily damaged by electron beam (lower photo),
Microprobe Data File:	[ Download Excel File ]

RAMAN SPECTRUM

RRUFF ID:

Sample Description:

Unoriented Raman on the primary sample

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BROAD SCAN WITH SPECTRAL ARTIFACTS

RRUFF ID:

R180026

Wavelength:

Sample Description:

Unoriented Raman on the primary sample

Instrument settings:

Thermo Almega XR 532nm @ 100% of 150mW

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POWDER DIFFRACTION

RRUFF ID:

R180026.9

Sample Description:

Single crystal, powder profile is calculated

Cell Refinement Output:

a: 5.1049(2)Å b: 8.6742(4)Å c: 7.7566(3)Å
alpha: 90° beta: 106.834° gamma: 90° Volume: Å³ Crystal System: monoclinic

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REFERENCES for Lazaraskeite
Prout C K, Armstrong R A, Carruthers J R, Forrest J G, Murray-Rust P, Rossotti F J C. (1968) Structure and Stability of Carboxylate Complexes. Part 1. The Crystal and Molecular Structures of Copper(II) Glycollate, DL-Lactate, 2-Hydroxy-2-methylpropionate, Methoxyacetate, and Phenoxyacetate, Journal of the Chemical Society A: Inorganic, Physical, Theoretical, 0, 2791-2813 [view file]
Ye Q S, Xie M J, Liu W P, Chen X Z, Chang Q W, Yu Y (2010) Refinement of the crystal structure of bis(glycolato)copper(II), Cu(C₂H₃O₃)₂, Zeitschrift für Kristallographie, 225, 481-482
Lin X S, Sang Y L, Sun W D, Yang S H (2013) Assembly of three coordination polymers from glycolate ligands: syntheses, crystal structures, and thermal properties, Transition Metal Chemistry, 38, 503-509
Yoneyama S, Kodama T, Kikuchi K, Kawabata Y, Kikuchi K, Ono T, Hosokoshi Y, Fujita W (2013) Large structural transformation and ferromagnetic ordering in a coordination polymer with a two-dimensional square-planar lattice, bis(glycolato)copper(II), CrystEngComm, 15, 10193-10196 [view file]
Yoneyama S, Kodama T, Kikuchi K, Fujisawa T, Yamaguchi A, Sumiyama A, Shuku Y, Aoyagi S, Fujita, W (2016) Deuterium substitution effects on the structural and magnetic phase transitions of a hydrogen-bonded coordination polymer, bis(glycolato)copper(II), Dalton Transactions, 45, 16774-16778 [view file]
Miyawaki R, Hatert F, Pasero M, Mills S J (2019) IMA Commission on New Minerals, Nomenclature and Classification (CNMNC) Newsletter 48. New minerals and nomenclature modifications approved in 2019, European Journal of Mineralogy, 31, 399-402 [view file]
Yang H, Gu X, Gibbs R B, Evans S H, Downs R T, Jibrin Z (2022) Lazaraskeite, Cu(C₂H₃O₃)₂, the first organic mineral containing glycolate, from the Santa Catalina Mountains, Tucson, Arizona, U.S.A., American Mineralogist, 107, 509-516 [view file]

REFERENCES for Lazaraskeite

Prout C K, Armstrong R A, Carruthers J R, Forrest J G, Murray-Rust P, Rossotti F J C. (1968) Structure and Stability of Carboxylate Complexes. Part 1. The Crystal and Molecular Structures of Copper(II) Glycollate, DL-Lactate, 2-Hydroxy-2-methylpropionate, Methoxyacetate, and Phenoxyacetate, Journal of the Chemical Society A: Inorganic, Physical, Theoretical, 0, 2791-2813 [view file]

Ye Q S, Xie M J, Liu W P, Chen X Z, Chang Q W, Yu Y (2010) Refinement of the crystal structure of bis(glycolato)copper(II), Cu(C₂H₃O₃)₂, Zeitschrift für Kristallographie, 225, 481-482

Lin X S, Sang Y L, Sun W D, Yang S H (2013) Assembly of three coordination polymers from glycolate ligands: syntheses, crystal structures, and thermal properties, Transition Metal Chemistry, 38, 503-509

Yoneyama S, Kodama T, Kikuchi K, Kawabata Y, Kikuchi K, Ono T, Hosokoshi Y, Fujita W (2013) Large structural transformation and ferromagnetic ordering in a coordination polymer with a two-dimensional square-planar lattice, bis(glycolato)copper(II), CrystEngComm, 15, 10193-10196 [view file]

Yoneyama S, Kodama T, Kikuchi K, Fujisawa T, Yamaguchi A, Sumiyama A, Shuku Y, Aoyagi S, Fujita, W (2016) Deuterium substitution effects on the structural and magnetic phase transitions of a hydrogen-bonded coordination polymer, bis(glycolato)copper(II), Dalton Transactions, 45, 16774-16778 [view file]

Miyawaki R, Hatert F, Pasero M, Mills S J (2019) IMA Commission on New Minerals, Nomenclature and Classification (CNMNC) Newsletter 48. New minerals and nomenclature modifications approved in 2019, European Journal of Mineralogy, 31, 399-402 [view file]

Yang H, Gu X, Gibbs R B, Evans S H, Downs R T, Jibrin Z (2022) Lazaraskeite, Cu(C₂H₃O₃)₂, the first organic mineral containing glycolate, from the Santa Catalina Mountains, Tucson, Arizona, U.S.A., American Mineralogist, 107, 509-516 [view file]