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| Name: Rosasite RRUFF ID: X060013 Ideal Chemistry: CuZn(CO3)(OH)2 Locality: Christmas mine, Christmas, Gila County, Arizona, USA Source: University of Arizona Mineral Museum 10325 Owner: University of Arizona Mineral Museum Description: Single crystal Status: The identification of this mineral is not yet confirmed. | ||
| Mineral Group: [ malachite (7) ] | ||
| Quick search: [ All Rosasite samples (4) ] | ||
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| REFERENCES for Rosasite | |
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| 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] | |
| Lovisato D (1908) Rosasite, nuovo minerale della miniera di Rosas (Sulcis, Sardegna), Atti della Reale Accademia dei Lincei, 17, 723-728 [view file] | |
| Strunz H (1959) Tsumeb, seine Erze und Sekundärmineralien, insbesondere der neu aufgeschlossenen zweiten Oxydationszone, Fortschritte der Mineralogie, 37, 87-90 | |
| Hawthorne F C, Jambor J L, Bladh K W, Burke E A J, Grice J D, Phillips D, Roberts A C, Schedler R A, Shigley J E (1987) New mineral names, American Mineralogist, 72, 1023-1028 [view file] | |
| Perchiazzi N (2006) Crystal structure determination and Rietveld refinement of rosasite and mcguinnessite, Zeitschrift für Kristallographie Supplement, 23, 505-510 | |
| Frost R L, Hales M C, Wain D L (2008) Raman spectroscopy of smithsonite, Journal of Raman Spectroscopy, 39, 108-114 | |
| Girgsdies F, Behrens M (2012) On the structural relations of malachite. I. The rosasite and ludwigite structure families, Acta Crystallographica, B68, 107-117 | |
| Perchiazzi N, Demitri N, Fehér B, Vignola P (2017) On the crystal-chemistry of rosasite and parádsasvárite, The Canadian Mineralogist, 55, 1027-1040 | |
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