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|   |   | Name: Haydeeite RRUFF ID: R120085 Ideal Chemistry: Cu3Mg(OH)6Cl2 Locality: Haydee mine, Salar Grande, Atacama desert, Chile Source: Bob Jenkins Owner: RRUFF Description: Short, blue to blue-green prismatic euhedral crystals, associated with pale green atacamite Status: The identification of this mineral has been confirmed by single-crystal X-ray diffraction. | 
| Mineral Group: [ Atacamite (16) ] | ||
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| RRUFF ID: | R120085.9 | ||||||
| Sample Description: | Single crystal, powder profile is calculated | ||||||
| Cell Refinement Output: | a: 6.286(4)Å    b: 6.286(4)Å    c: 5.756(4)Å alpha: 90° beta: 90° gamma: 120° Volume: 196.94(6)Å3 Crystal System: hexagonal | ||||||
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| REFERENCES for Haydeeite | |
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| American Mineralogist Crystal Structure Database Record: [view record] | |
| Malcherek T, Schlüter J (2007) Cu3MgCl2(OH)6 and the bond-valence parameters of the OHCl bond, Acta Crystallographica, B63, 157-160 | |
| Schlüter J, Malcherek T (2007) Haydeeite, Cu3Mg(OH)6Cl2, a new mineral from the Haydee mine, Salar Grande, Atacama desert, Chile, Neues Jahrbuch für Mineralogie, Abhandlungen, 184, 39-43 | |
| Piilonen P C, Poirier G, Tait K T (2008) New mineral names, American Mineralogist, 93, 1941-1946 [view file] | |
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