) R130745 - RRUFF Database: Raman, X-ray, Infrared, and Chemistry

Moorhouseite R130745

Name: Moorhouseite
RRUFF ID: R130745
Ideal Chemistry: Co(SO₄)·6H₂O
Locality: Bou Azer, Tazenakht, Ouarzazate Province, Souss-Massa-Draâ Region, Morocco
Source: Donald Doell
Owner: RRUFF
Description: Light-pinkish fine grains, associated with pink or dark pink spherocobaltite.
Status: The identification of this mineral has been confirmed by single-crystal X-ray diffraction.

Mineral Group: [ Hexahydrite (4) ]

RAMAN SPECTRUM

RRUFF ID:

Sample Description:

Unoriented sample

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BROAD SCAN WITH SPECTRAL ARTIFACTS

RRUFF ID:

R130745

Wavelength:

Sample Description:

Unoriented sample

Instrument settings:

Thermo Almega XR 532nm @ 100% of 150mW

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	Raman Data (Processed)
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POWDER DIFFRACTION

RRUFF ID:

R130745.9

Sample Description:

Single crystal, powder profile is calculated

Cell Refinement Output:

a: 10.079(3)Å b: 7.250(2)Å c: 24.372(6)Å
alpha: 90° beta: 98.34(1)° gamma: 90° Volume: 1762(1)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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REFERENCES for Moorhouseite
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]
Zalkin A, Ruben H, Templeton D H (1962) The crystal structure of cobalt sulfate hexahydrate, Acta Crystallographica, 15, 1219-1224
Fleischer M (1965) New mineral names, American Mineralogist, 50, 805-813 [view file]
Jambor J L, Boyle R W (1965) Moorhouseite and aplowite, new cobalt minerals from Walton, Nova Scotia, The Canadian Mineralogist, 8, 166-171 [view file]
Elerman Y (1988) Refinement of the crystal structure of CoSO₄·6H₂O, Acta Crystallographica, C44, 599-601
Hazen R M, Hystad G, Golden J J, Hummer D R, Liu C, Downs R T, Morrison S M, Ralph J, Grew E S (2017) Cobalt mineral ecology, American Mineralogist, 102, 108-116 [view file]

REFERENCES for Moorhouseite

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]

Zalkin A, Ruben H, Templeton D H (1962) The crystal structure of cobalt sulfate hexahydrate, Acta Crystallographica, 15, 1219-1224

Fleischer M (1965) New mineral names, American Mineralogist, 50, 805-813 [view file]

Jambor J L, Boyle R W (1965) Moorhouseite and aplowite, new cobalt minerals from Walton, Nova Scotia, The Canadian Mineralogist, 8, 166-171 [view file]

Elerman Y (1988) Refinement of the crystal structure of CoSO₄·6H₂O, Acta Crystallographica, C44, 599-601

Hazen R M, Hystad G, Golden J J, Hummer D R, Liu C, Downs R T, Morrison S M, Ralph J, Grew E S (2017) Cobalt mineral ecology, American Mineralogist, 102, 108-116 [view file]