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Paracoquimbite R050351

Name: Paracoquimbite
RRUFF ID: R050351
Ideal Chemistry: Fe³⁺₄(SO₄)₆(H₂O)₁₂·6H₂O
Locality: Cyprus
Source: California Institute of Technology W-19151
Owner: RRUFF
Description: Purple fragment
Status: The identification of this mineral is confirmed by single-crystal X-ray diffraction and chemical analysis.

Mineral Group: [ Coquimbite (5) ]

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CHEMISTRY

RRUFF ID:	R050351.2
Sample Description:	Microprobe fragment
Measured Chemistry:	(Fe³⁺_1.97Al_0.03)_Σ=2(S_1.00O₄)₃·9H₂O

RAMAN SPECTRUM

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Sample Description:

Unoriented sample

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BROAD SCAN WITH SPECTRAL ARTIFACTS

RRUFF ID:

R050351

Wavelength:

Sample Description:

Unoriented sample

Instrument settings:

Thermo Almega XR 532nm @ 100% of 150mW

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POWDER DIFFRACTION

RRUFF ID:

R050351.9

Sample Description:

Single crystal, powder profile is calculated

Cell Refinement Output:

a: 10.947(1)Å b: 10.947(1)Å c: 51.416(4)Å
alpha: 90° beta: 90° gamma: 120° Volume: 5337.4(9)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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REFERENCES for Paracoquimbite
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]
Ungemach M H (1933) Sur quelques minéraux nouveaux, Comptes Rendus de l'Académie des Sciences de Paris, 197, 1132-1134 [view file]
Foshag W F (1934) New mineral names, American Mineralogist, 19, 287-288 [view file]
Foshag W F (1936) New mineral names, American Mineralogist, 21, 332-332 [view file]
Fang J H, Robinson P D (1971) Crystal structures and mineral chemistry of hydrated ferric sulphates: II. The crystal structure of paracoquimbite, American Mineralogist, 56, 1567-1572 [view file]
Ackermann S, Lazic B, Armbruster T, Doyle S, Grevel K D, Majzlan J (2009) Thermodynamic and crystallographic properties of kornelite [Fe₂(SO₄)₃·~7.75H₂O] and paracoquimbite [Fe₂(SO₄)₃·9H₂O], American Mineralogist, 94, 1620-1628 [view file]
Yang Z, Giester G (2018) Structure refinements of coquimbite and paracoquimbite from the Hongshan Cu-Au deposit, NW China, European Journal of Mineralogy, 30, 849-858
Miyawaki R, Hatert F, Pasero M, Mills S J (2019) IMA Commission on New Minerals, Nomenclature and Classification (CNMNC) Newsletter 52. New minerals and nomenclature modifications approved in 2019, Mineralogical Magazine, 83, 887-893 [view file]

REFERENCES for Paracoquimbite

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]

Ungemach M H (1933) Sur quelques minéraux nouveaux, Comptes Rendus de l'Académie des Sciences de Paris, 197, 1132-1134 [view file]

Foshag W F (1934) New mineral names, American Mineralogist, 19, 287-288 [view file]

Foshag W F (1936) New mineral names, American Mineralogist, 21, 332-332 [view file]

Fang J H, Robinson P D (1971) Crystal structures and mineral chemistry of hydrated ferric sulphates: II. The crystal structure of paracoquimbite, American Mineralogist, 56, 1567-1572 [view file]

Ackermann S, Lazic B, Armbruster T, Doyle S, Grevel K D, Majzlan J (2009) Thermodynamic and crystallographic properties of kornelite [Fe₂(SO₄)₃·~7.75H₂O] and paracoquimbite [Fe₂(SO₄)₃·9H₂O], American Mineralogist, 94, 1620-1628 [view file]

Yang Z, Giester G (2018) Structure refinements of coquimbite and paracoquimbite from the Hongshan Cu-Au deposit, NW China, European Journal of Mineralogy, 30, 849-858

Miyawaki R, Hatert F, Pasero M, Mills S J (2019) IMA Commission on New Minerals, Nomenclature and Classification (CNMNC) Newsletter 52. New minerals and nomenclature modifications approved in 2019, Mineralogical Magazine, 83, 887-893 [view file]