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|   |   | Name: Bobkingite RRUFF ID: R141030 Ideal Chemistry: Cu5Cl2(OH)8·2H2O Locality: Cerro Minado Mines, Cuesta Alta, Huércal-Overa, Almería, Andalusia, Spain Source: William W. Pinch and Robert Pecorini [view label] [view label] Owner: RRUFF Description: Aggregates of acicular to bladed bundles of blue crystals on quartz Status: The identification of this mineral has been confirmed only by single crystal X-ray diffraction. | 
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| RRUFF ID: | R141030.9 | ||||||
| Sample Description: | Single crystal, powder profile is calculated | ||||||
| Cell Refinement Output: | a: 10.196(6)Å    b: 6.740(4)Å    c: 8.821(6)Å alpha: 90° beta: 111.15(2)° gamma: 90° Volume: 565.4(3)Å3 Crystal System: monoclinic | ||||||
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| REFERENCES for Bobkingite | |
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| American Mineralogist Crystal Structure Database Record: [view record] | |
| Hawthorne F C, Cooper M A, Grice J D, Roberts A C, Hubbard N (2002) Description and crystal structure of bobkingite, Cu52+Cl2(OH)8(H2O)2, a new mineral from New Cliffe Hill Quarry, Stanton-under-Bardon, Leicestershire, UK, Mineralogical Magazine, 66, 301-311 [view file] | |
| Mandarino J A (2002) New minerals, The Canadian Mineralogist, 40, 1527-1550 [view file] | |
| Jambor J L, Roberts A C (2003) New mineral names, American Mineralogist, 88, 251-255 [view file] | |
| Kolitsch U, Rieck B, Brandstätter F, Schreiber F, Fabritz K, Blaß G, Gröbner J (2014) Neufunde aus dem alten Bergbau und den Schlacken von Lavrion (I), Mineralien Welt, 1, 60-75 | |
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