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Libethenite R050147

Name: Libethenite
RRUFF ID: R050147
Ideal Chemistry: Cu₂(PO₄)(OH)
Locality: Los Azules mine, Copiapo, Chile
Source: Jim McGlasson
Owner: RRUFF
Description: Dark green prismatic crystals, associated with smaller lighter green pseudomalachite
Status: The identification of this mineral is confirmed by single-crystal X-ray diffraction and chemical analysis.

Mineral Group: [ Andalusite (17) ]

Quick search: [ All Libethenite samples (2) ]

CHEMISTRY

RRUFF ID:	R050147.2
Sample Description:	Microprobe Fragment
Measured Chemistry:	Cu_2.00(P_1.00O₄)((OH)_0.89F_0.11)_Σ=1
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:

R050147

Wavelength:

Sample Description:

Unoriented sample

Instrument settings:

Thermo Almega XR 532nm @ 100% of 150mW

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POWDER DIFFRACTION

RRUFF ID:

R050147.9

Sample Description:

Single crystal, powder profile is calculated

Cell Refinement Output:

a: 7.91(5)Å b: 8.25(3)Å c: 5.80(4)Å
alpha: 90° beta: 90° gamma: 90° Volume: 378.6(3)Å³ Crystal System: orthorhombic

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 - Processed)
	RRUFF File

REFERENCES for Libethenite
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]
Breithaupt J F A (1823) Euchroït. Diprismatischer Oliven-Malachit, in Vollständige Charakteristik des Mineral-Systems. Arnoldischen Buchhandlung Dresden 266-267 [view file]
Larsen E S (1921) The microscopic determination of the nonopaque minerals, U.S. Geological Survey Bulletin, 671, 5-294 [view file]
Richmond W E (1940) Crystal chemistry of the phosphates, arsenates and vanadates of the type A₂XO₄(Z), American Mineralogist, 25, 441-478 [view file]
Cordsen A (1978) A crystal-structure refinement of libethenite, The Canadian Mineralogist, 16, 153-157 [view file]
Keller P, Hess H, Zetter F (1979) Ladungsbilanzen an den verfeinerten kristallstrukturen von libethenit, adamin und Co₂[OH/AsO₄] und ihre Wasserstoffbrükenbindungen, Neues Jahrbuch für Mineralogie, Abhandlungen, 134, 147-156
Burns P C, Hawthorne F C (1995) Rietveld refinement of the crystal structure of olivenite: a twinned monoclinic structure, The Canadian Mineralogist, 33, 885-888 [view file]
Frost R L, Williams P A, Martens W, Kloprogge J T, Leverett P (2002) Raman spectroscopy of the basic copper phosphate minerals cornetite, libethenite, pseudomalachite, reichenbachite and ludjibaite, Journal of Raman Spectroscopy, 33, 260-263 [link]
Martens W, Frost R L (2003) An infrared spectroscopic study of the basic copper phosphate minerals: cornetite, libethenite, and pseudomalachite, American Mineralogist, 88, 37-46 [view file]
Zema M, Tarantino S C, Callegari A M (2010) Thermal behaviour of libethenite from room temperature up to dehydration, Mineralogical Magazine, 74, 553-565 [view file]
Belik A A, Naumov P, Kim J, Tsuda S (2011) Low-temperature structural phase transition in synthetic libethenite Cu₂PO₄OH, Journal of Solid State Chemistry, 184, 3128-3133
Majzlan J, Zittlau A H, Grevel K, Schliesser J, Woodfield B F, Dachs E, Števko M, Chovan M, Plášil J, Sejkora J, Milovská S (2015) Thermodynamic properties and phase equilibria of the secondary copper minerals libethenite, olivenite, pseudomalachite, kröhnkite, cyanochroite, and devilline, The Canadian Mineralogist, 53, 937-960

REFERENCES for Libethenite

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]

Breithaupt J F A (1823) Euchroït. Diprismatischer Oliven-Malachit, in Vollständige Charakteristik des Mineral-Systems. Arnoldischen Buchhandlung Dresden 266-267 [view file]

Larsen E S (1921) The microscopic determination of the nonopaque minerals, U.S. Geological Survey Bulletin, 671, 5-294 [view file]

Richmond W E (1940) Crystal chemistry of the phosphates, arsenates and vanadates of the type A₂XO₄(Z), American Mineralogist, 25, 441-478 [view file]

Cordsen A (1978) A crystal-structure refinement of libethenite, The Canadian Mineralogist, 16, 153-157 [view file]

Keller P, Hess H, Zetter F (1979) Ladungsbilanzen an den verfeinerten kristallstrukturen von libethenit, adamin und Co₂[OH/AsO₄] und ihre Wasserstoffbrükenbindungen, Neues Jahrbuch für Mineralogie, Abhandlungen, 134, 147-156

Burns P C, Hawthorne F C (1995) Rietveld refinement of the crystal structure of olivenite: a twinned monoclinic structure, The Canadian Mineralogist, 33, 885-888 [view file]

Frost R L, Williams P A, Martens W, Kloprogge J T, Leverett P (2002) Raman spectroscopy of the basic copper phosphate minerals cornetite, libethenite, pseudomalachite, reichenbachite and ludjibaite, Journal of Raman Spectroscopy, 33, 260-263 [link]

Martens W, Frost R L (2003) An infrared spectroscopic study of the basic copper phosphate minerals: cornetite, libethenite, and pseudomalachite, American Mineralogist, 88, 37-46 [view file]

Zema M, Tarantino S C, Callegari A M (2010) Thermal behaviour of libethenite from room temperature up to dehydration, Mineralogical Magazine, 74, 553-565 [view file]

Belik A A, Naumov P, Kim J, Tsuda S (2011) Low-temperature structural phase transition in synthetic libethenite Cu₂PO₄OH, Journal of Solid State Chemistry, 184, 3128-3133

Majzlan J, Zittlau A H, Grevel K, Schliesser J, Woodfield B F, Dachs E, Števko M, Chovan M, Plášil J, Sejkora J, Milovská S (2015) Thermodynamic properties and phase equilibria of the secondary copper minerals libethenite, olivenite, pseudomalachite, kröhnkite, cyanochroite, and devilline, The Canadian Mineralogist, 53, 937-960