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Ramsbeckite R050295

Name: Ramsbeckite
RRUFF ID: R050295
Ideal Chemistry: Cu₁₅(SO₄)₄(OH)₂₂·6H₂O
Locality: 79 mine, 6th level, 31 stope, Hayden, Gila County, Arizona, USA
Source: George Godas, John Callahan
Owner: RRUFF
Description: Greenish-blue tabular
Status: The identification of this mineral is confirmed by single-crystal X-ray diffraction and chemical analysis.

CHEMISTRY

RRUFF ID:	R050295.2
Sample Description:	Microprobe fragment
Measured Chemistry:	(Cu_8.33Zn_6.67)(S_1.00O₄)₄(OH)₂₂·6H₂O ; = rim, gray phase. The core, light phase is sphalerite.

RAMAN SPECTRUM

RRUFF ID:

Sample Description:

Unoriented sample

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BROAD SCAN WITH SPECTRAL ARTIFACTS

RRUFF ID:

R050295

Wavelength:

Sample Description:

Unoriented sample

Instrument settings:

Thermo Almega XR 532nm @ 10% of 150mW

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POWDER DIFFRACTION

RRUFF ID:

R050295.9

Sample Description:

Single crystal, powder profile is calculated

Cell Refinement Output:

a: 16.1309(7)Å b: 15.5910(6)Å c: 7.0808(5)Å
alpha: 90° beta: 90.259(8)° gamma: 90° Volume: 1780.8(0)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 Ramsbeckite
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]
von Hodenberg R, Krause W, Schnorrer-Köhler G, Täuber H (1985) Ramsbeckite, (Cu,Zn)₇(SO₄)₂(OH)₁₀·5H₂O, a new mineral, Neues Jahrbuch für Mineralogie, Monatshefte, 1985, 550-556
Hawthorne F C, Bladh K W, Burke E A J, Grew E S, Langley R H, Puciewicz J, Roberts A C, Schedler R A, Shigley J E, Vanko D A (1987) New mineral names, American Mineralogist, 72, 222-230 [view file]
Effenberger H (1988) Ramsbeckite, (Cu,Zn)₁₅(OH)₂₂(SO₄)₄·6(H₂O): Revision of the chemical formula based on a structure determination, Neues Jahrbuch für Mineralogie, Monatshefte, 1988, 38-48
Jambor J L, Puziewicz J (1989) New mineral names, American Mineralogist, 74, 500-505 [view file]
Orlandi P, Perchiazzi N (1989) Ramsbeckite, (Cu, Zn)₁₅(OH)₂₂(SO₄)₄·6H₂O, a first occurrence for Italy from "La Veneziana" mine, Valle dei Mercanti, Vicenza, European Journal of Mineralogy, 1, 147-149 [view file]

REFERENCES for Ramsbeckite

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]

von Hodenberg R, Krause W, Schnorrer-Köhler G, Täuber H (1985) Ramsbeckite, (Cu,Zn)₇(SO₄)₂(OH)₁₀·5H₂O, a new mineral, Neues Jahrbuch für Mineralogie, Monatshefte, 1985, 550-556

Hawthorne F C, Bladh K W, Burke E A J, Grew E S, Langley R H, Puciewicz J, Roberts A C, Schedler R A, Shigley J E, Vanko D A (1987) New mineral names, American Mineralogist, 72, 222-230 [view file]

Effenberger H (1988) Ramsbeckite, (Cu,Zn)₁₅(OH)₂₂(SO₄)₄·6(H₂O): Revision of the chemical formula based on a structure determination, Neues Jahrbuch für Mineralogie, Monatshefte, 1988, 38-48

Jambor J L, Puziewicz J (1989) New mineral names, American Mineralogist, 74, 500-505 [view file]

Orlandi P, Perchiazzi N (1989) Ramsbeckite, (Cu, Zn)₁₅(OH)₂₂(SO₄)₄·6H₂O, a first occurrence for Italy from "La Veneziana" mine, Valle dei Mercanti, Vicenza, European Journal of Mineralogy, 1, 147-149 [view file]