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Gartrellite R060881
Name: Gartrellite
RRUFF ID: R060881
Ideal Chemistry: PbCuFe3+(AsO4)2(OH)·H2O
Locality: Ashburton Downs, Western Australia
Source: Bob Jenkins [view label]
Owner: RRUFF
Description: Yellow grainy incrustations
Status: The identification of this mineral is confirmed by single-crystal X-ray diffraction and chemical analysis.
CHEMISTRY 
RRUFF ID: R060881.2
Sample Description: Microprobe Fragment
Measured Chemistry: Pb1.00Cu1.00(Fe3+0.77Cu0.18Al0.04Zn0.01)Σ=1((As0.97S0.03)Σ=1O4)2(OH)0.87·H2O; trace amounts of P; OH estimated by charge balance, H2O by difference
Microprobe Data File: [ Download Excel File ]
RAMAN SPECTRUM 
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Sample Description: Unoriented sample
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Sample Description: Unoriented sample
Instrument settings: Thermo Almega XR 532nm @ 100% of 150mW
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POWDER DIFFRACTION 
RRUFF ID: R060881.1
Sample Description: Powder, mixed with quartz
Cell Refinement Output: a: 5.472(5)Å    b: 5.613(6)Å    c: 7.61(2)Å
alpha: 67.3(1)°    beta: 69.3(1)°    gamma: 69.57(6)°   Volume: 195.5(4)Å3    Crystal System: triclinic
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Calculated diffraction file.

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Output file from the Bruker D8 Advance instrument. Includes device headers and XY data.

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Output file from the Bruker D8 Advance instrument. Includes device headers and XY data.

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REFERENCES for Gartrellite

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]

Nickel E H, Robinson B W, FitzGerald O, Birch W D (1989) Gartrellite, a new secondary arsenate mineral from Ashburton Downs, W.A. and Broken Hill, N.S.W., Australian Mineralogist, 4, 83-89

Jambor J L, Grew E S (1990) New mineral names, American Mineralogist, 75, 931-937   [view file]

Jambor J L, Grew E S, Roberts A C (1998) New mineral names, American Mineralogist, 83, 1347-1352   [view file]

Krause W, Belendorff K, Bernhardt H J, McCammon C A, Effenberger H, Mikenda W (1998) Crystal chemistry of the tsumcorite-group minerals. New data on ferrilotharmeyerite, tsumcorite, thometzekite, mounanaite, helmutwinklerite, and a redefinition of gartrellite, European Journal of Mineralogy, 10, 179-206   [view file]

Frost R L, Kloprogge J T, Martens W N (2004) Raman spectroscopy of the arsenates and sulphates of the tsumcorite mineral group, Journal of Raman Spectroscopy, 35, 28-35

Frost R L, Weier M (2004) Raman and infrared spectroscopy of tsumcorite mineral group, Neues Jahrbuch für Mineralogie, Monatshefte, 2004, 317-336