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Herbertsmithite R060387

Name: Herbertsmithite
RRUFF ID: R060387
Ideal Chemistry: Cu₃Zn(OH)₆Cl₂
Locality: San Francisco mine, Sierra Gorda, Antofagasta, Chile
Source: Michael Scott S100103 [view label]
Owner: RRUFF
Description: Greenish-blue thin hexagonal plates associated with hemimorphite, anglesite, and quartz
Status: The identification of this mineral is confirmed by single-crystal X-ray diffraction and chemical analysis.

Mineral Group: [ Atacamite (16) ]

Quick search: [ All Herbertsmithite samples (2) ]

CHEMISTRY

RRUFF ID:	R060387.2
Sample Description:	Microprobe Fragment
Measured Chemistry:	(Cu_2.98Zn_0.02)_Σ=3Zn_1.00(OH)₆Cl_2.00
Microprobe Data File:	[ Download Excel File ]

RAMAN SPECTRUM

RRUFF ID:

Sample Description:

Unoriented Raman on the primary sample

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BROAD SCAN WITH SPECTRAL ARTIFACTS

RRUFF ID:

R060387

Wavelength:

Sample Description:

Unoriented Raman on the primary sample

Instrument settings:

Thermo Almega XR 532nm @ 100% of 150mW

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	Raman Data (RAW)
	RRUFF File

POWDER DIFFRACTION

RRUFF ID:

R060387.9

Sample Description:

Single crystal, powder profile is calculated

Cell Refinement Output:

a: 6.8263(3)Å b: 6.8263(3)Å c: 14.0666(8)Å
alpha: 90° beta: 90° gamma: 120° Volume: 567.67(6)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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	DIF File
	X-ray Data (XY - RAW)
	RRUFF File

REFERENCES for Herbertsmithite
American Mineralogist Crystal Structure Database Record: [view record]
Braithwaite R S W, Mereiter K, Paar W H, Clark A M (2004) Herbertsmithite, Cu₃Zn(OH)₆Cl₂, a new species and the definition of paratacamite, Mineralogical Magazine, 68, 527-539 [view file]
Mandarino J A (2004) New minerals, The Canadian Mineralogist, 42, 1901-1927 [view file]
Jambor J L, Grew E S, Roberts A C (2005) New mineral names, American Mineralogist, 90, 518-522 [view file]
Clissold M E, Leverett P, Williams P A, Hibbs D E, Nickel E H (2007) The structure of gillardite, the Ni-analogue of herbertsmithite, from Widgiemooltha, Western Australia, The Canadian Mineralogist, 45, 317-320 [view file]
Helton J S, Matan K, Shores M P, Nytko E A, Bartlett B M, Yoshida Y, Takano Y, Suslov A, Qiu Y, Chung J H, Nocera D G, Lee Y S (2007) Spin dynamics of the spin-1/2 Kagome lattice antiferromagnet ZnCu₃(OH)₆Cl₂, Physical Review Letters, 98, 107204-4
Misguich G, Sindzingre P (2007) Magnetic susceptibility and specific heat of the spin-1/2 Heisenberg model on the kagome lattice and experimental data on ZnCu₃(OH)₆Cl₂, The European Physical Journal B, 59, 305-309
Freedman D E, Han T H, Prodi A, Müller P, Huang Q Z, Chen Y S, Webb S M, Lee Y S, McQueen T M, Nocera D G (2010) Site specific X-ray anomalous dispersion of the geometrically frustrated Kagomé magnet, herbertsmithite, ZnCu₃(OH)₆Cl₂, Journal of the American Chemical Society, 132, 16185-16190
Malcherek T, Bindi L, Dini M, Ghiara M R, Molina Donoso A, Nestola F, Rossi M, Schlüter J (2014) Tondiite, Cu₃Mg(OH)₆Cl₂, the Mg-analogue of herbertsmithite, Mineralogical Magazine, 78, 583-590 [view file]
Sciberras M J, Leverett P, Williams P A, Schlüter J, Malcherek T, Welch M D, Downes P J, Hibbs D E, Kampf A R (2017) Structural and compositional variations of basic Cu(II) chlorides in the herbertsmithite and gillardite structure field, Mineralogical Magazine, 81, 123-134

REFERENCES for Herbertsmithite

American Mineralogist Crystal Structure Database Record: [view record]

Braithwaite R S W, Mereiter K, Paar W H, Clark A M (2004) Herbertsmithite, Cu₃Zn(OH)₆Cl₂, a new species and the definition of paratacamite, Mineralogical Magazine, 68, 527-539 [view file]

Mandarino J A (2004) New minerals, The Canadian Mineralogist, 42, 1901-1927 [view file]

Jambor J L, Grew E S, Roberts A C (2005) New mineral names, American Mineralogist, 90, 518-522 [view file]

Clissold M E, Leverett P, Williams P A, Hibbs D E, Nickel E H (2007) The structure of gillardite, the Ni-analogue of herbertsmithite, from Widgiemooltha, Western Australia, The Canadian Mineralogist, 45, 317-320 [view file]

Helton J S, Matan K, Shores M P, Nytko E A, Bartlett B M, Yoshida Y, Takano Y, Suslov A, Qiu Y, Chung J H, Nocera D G, Lee Y S (2007) Spin dynamics of the spin-1/2 Kagome lattice antiferromagnet ZnCu₃(OH)₆Cl₂, Physical Review Letters, 98, 107204-4

Misguich G, Sindzingre P (2007) Magnetic susceptibility and specific heat of the spin-1/2 Heisenberg model on the kagome lattice and experimental data on ZnCu₃(OH)₆Cl₂, The European Physical Journal B, 59, 305-309

Freedman D E, Han T H, Prodi A, Müller P, Huang Q Z, Chen Y S, Webb S M, Lee Y S, McQueen T M, Nocera D G (2010) Site specific X-ray anomalous dispersion of the geometrically frustrated Kagomé magnet, herbertsmithite, ZnCu₃(OH)₆Cl₂, Journal of the American Chemical Society, 132, 16185-16190

Malcherek T, Bindi L, Dini M, Ghiara M R, Molina Donoso A, Nestola F, Rossi M, Schlüter J (2014) Tondiite, Cu₃Mg(OH)₆Cl₂, the Mg-analogue of herbertsmithite, Mineralogical Magazine, 78, 583-590 [view file]

Sciberras M J, Leverett P, Williams P A, Schlüter J, Malcherek T, Welch M D, Downes P J, Hibbs D E, Kampf A R (2017) Structural and compositional variations of basic Cu(II) chlorides in the herbertsmithite and gillardite structure field, Mineralogical Magazine, 81, 123-134