N R180016 - RRUFF Database: Raman, X-ray, Infrared, and Chemistry

Liudongshengite R180016

Name: Liudongshengite
RRUFF ID: R180016
Ideal Chemistry: Zn₄Cr₂(OH)₁₂(CO₃)·3H₂O
Locality: 79 mine, Gila Co., Arizona, USA
Source: Ron Gibbs
Owner: RRUFF
Description: Pinkish hexagonal thin platy crystals, associated with cerussite, malachite, rosasite, hemimorphite, mimetite, wulfenite, fornacite, and rarely linarite and kuksite. This is the type specimen.
Status: The identification of this mineral is confirmed by single-crystal X-ray diffraction and chemical analysis.

Mineral Group: [ Hydrotalcite (22) ]

CHEMISTRY

RRUFF ID:	R180016.2
Sample Description:	Microprobe Fragment
Measured Chemistry:	(Zn_3.25Mg_0.17Cr_2.58)(OH)₁₂(CO₃)_1.29·3H₂O ; The C content of 2.31(2) wt.% was obtained from an Elemental Combustion System equipped with mass spectrometry.
Microprobe Data File:	[ Download Excel File ]

RAMAN SPECTRUM

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Sample Description:

Unoriented Raman on the primary sample

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BROAD SCAN WITH SPECTRAL ARTIFACTS

RRUFF ID:

R180016

Wavelength:

Sample Description:

Unoriented Raman on the primary sample

Instrument settings:

Thermo Almega XR 532nm @ 50% of 150mW

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POWDER DIFFRACTION

RRUFF ID:

R180016

Cell Refinement Output:

a: 3.1107(10) Å b: 3.1107(10) Å c: 22.640(11) Å
alpha: 90° beta: 90° gamma: 120° Volume: 189.73(11) Å³ Crystal System: hexagonal

File Type Information

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

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REFERENCES for Liudongshengite
American Mineralogist Crystal Structure Database Record: [view record]
Miyawaki R, Hatert F, Pasero M, Mills S J (2019) IMA Commission on New Minerals, Nomenclature and Classification (CNMNC) Newsletter 51. New minerals and nomenclature modifications approved in 2019, Mineralogical Magazine, 83, 757-761 [view file]
Yang H, Gibbs R B, Schwenk C, Xie X, Gu X, Downs R T, Evans S H (2021) Liudongshengite, Zn₄Cr₂(OH)₁₂(CO₃)·3H₂O, a new mineral of the hydrotalcite supergroup, from the 79 mine, Gila County, Arizona, USA, The Canadian Mineralogist, 59, 763-769 [view file]

REFERENCES for Liudongshengite

American Mineralogist Crystal Structure Database Record: [view record]

Miyawaki R, Hatert F, Pasero M, Mills S J (2019) IMA Commission on New Minerals, Nomenclature and Classification (CNMNC) Newsletter 51. New minerals and nomenclature modifications approved in 2019, Mineralogical Magazine, 83, 757-761 [view file]

Yang H, Gibbs R B, Schwenk C, Xie X, Gu X, Downs R T, Evans S H (2021) Liudongshengite, Zn₄Cr₂(OH)₁₂(CO₃)·3H₂O, a new mineral of the hydrotalcite supergroup, from the 79 mine, Gila County, Arizona, USA, The Canadian Mineralogist, 59, 763-769 [view file]