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Gillardite R110068

Name: Gillardite
RRUFF ID: R110068
Ideal Chemistry: Cu₃NiCl₂(OH)₆
Locality: 132 North deposit, Widgiemooltha, Western Australia, Australia
Source: Renato & Adriana Pagano [view label]
Owner: RRUFF
Description: Aggregates of dark green flat rhombohedra
Status: The identification of this mineral has been confirmed only by single crystal X-ray diffraction.

Mineral Group: [ Atacamite (16) ]

Quick search: [ All Gillardite samples (2) ]

RAMAN SPECTRUM

RRUFF ID:

Sample Description:

Unoriented sample

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BROAD SCAN WITH SPECTRAL ARTIFACTS

RRUFF ID:

R110068

Wavelength:

Sample Description:

Unoriented sample

Instrument settings:

Thermo Almega XR 532nm @ 80% of 150mW

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	Raman Data (RAW)
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POWDER DIFFRACTION

RRUFF ID:

R110068.9

Sample Description:

Single crystal, powder profile is calculated

Cell Refinement Output:

a: 6.847(1)Å b: 6.847(1)Å c: 13.891(2)Å
alpha: 90° beta: 90° gamma: 120° Volume: 564.0(1)Å³ Crystal System: hexagonal

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
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REFERENCES for Gillardite
American Mineralogist Crystal Structure Database Record: [view record]
Clissold M E, Leverett P, Williams P A, Hibbs D E, Nickel E H (2007) The structure of gillardite, the Ni-analogue of herbertsmithite, from Widgiemooltha, Western Australia, The Canadian Mineralogist, 45, 317-320 [view file]
Colchester D M, Leverett P, Clissold M E, Williams P A, Hibbs D E, Nickel E H (2007) Gillardite, Cu₃NiCl₂(OH)₆, a new mineral from the 132 North deposit, Widgiemooltha, Western Australia, Australian Journal of Mineralogy, 13, 15-18 [view file]
Tait K, Poirier G, Rowe R, Piilonen P C (2008) New mineral names, American Mineralogist, 93, 252-256 [view file]
Sciberras M J, Leverett P, Williams P A, Schlüter J, Malcherek T, Welch M D, Downes P J, Hibbs D E, Kampf A R (2017) Structural and compositional variations of basic Cu(II) chlorides in the herbertsmithite and gillardite structure field, Mineralogical Magazine, 81, 123-134

REFERENCES for Gillardite

American Mineralogist Crystal Structure Database Record: [view record]

Clissold M E, Leverett P, Williams P A, Hibbs D E, Nickel E H (2007) The structure of gillardite, the Ni-analogue of herbertsmithite, from Widgiemooltha, Western Australia, The Canadian Mineralogist, 45, 317-320 [view file]

Colchester D M, Leverett P, Clissold M E, Williams P A, Hibbs D E, Nickel E H (2007) Gillardite, Cu₃NiCl₂(OH)₆, a new mineral from the 132 North deposit, Widgiemooltha, Western Australia, Australian Journal of Mineralogy, 13, 15-18 [view file]

Tait K, Poirier G, Rowe R, Piilonen P C (2008) New mineral names, American Mineralogist, 93, 252-256 [view file]

Sciberras M J, Leverett P, Williams P A, Schlüter J, Malcherek T, Welch M D, Downes P J, Hibbs D E, Kampf A R (2017) Structural and compositional variations of basic Cu(II) chlorides in the herbertsmithite and gillardite structure field, Mineralogical Magazine, 81, 123-134