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Adamite R040130

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Name: Adamite
RRUFF ID: R040130
Ideal Chemistry: Zn2(AsO4)(OH)
Locality: Mina Ojuela, Mapimi, Durango, Mexico
Source: Bob Downs
Owner: RRUFF
Description: Pale yellow spherical aggregate of bladed crystals
Status: The identification of this mineral has been confirmed by X-ray diffraction and chemical analysis
Mineral Group: [ Andalusite (17) ]
Quick search: [ All Adamite samples (3) ]
CHEMISTRY 
RRUFF ID: R040130.2
Sample Description: Microprobe Fragment
Measured Chemistry: Zn1.97(As1.01O4)(OH)
RAMAN SPECTRUM 
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Sample Description: Sample is oriented, mounted onto a pin and polished
Pin ID: S00040
Orientation: Laser parallel to  c*  (0 0 1).     Fiducial mark perpendicular to laser is parallel to  a   [1 0 0].
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RRUFF ID: R040130
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Sample Description: Unoriented sample
Instrument settings: Thermo Almega XR 532nm @ 100% of 150mW
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INFRARED SPECTRUM (Attenuated Total Reflectance) 
RRUFF ID: R040130.1
Sample Description: Powder
Instrument settings: SensIR Durascope on a Nicolet Magna 860 FTIR
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POWDER DIFFRACTION 
RRUFF ID: R040130.1
Sample Description: Powder
Cell Refinement Output: a: 8.3160(1)Å    b: 8.5307(3)Å    c: 6.0598(2)Å
alpha: 90.°    beta: 90.°    gamma: 90.°   Volume: 429.90(1)Å3    Crystal System: orthorhombic
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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 Adamite

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]

Friedel C, Daubrée G A (1866) Sur l‘adamine, nouvelle espèce minérale, Comptes Rendus Hebdomadaires des Séances de l'Académie des Sciences, 62, 692-695   [view file]

Richmond W E (1940) Crystal chemistry of the phosphates, arsenates and vanadates of the type A2XO4(Z), American Mineralogist, 25, 441-478   [view file]

Mrose M E, Mayers D E, Wise F A (1948) Adamite from the Ojuela Mine, Mapimi, Mexico, American Mineralogist, 33, 449-457

Sumin de Portilla V I (1974) Infrared spectroscopic investigation of the structure of some natural arsenates and the nature of H-bonds in their structures, The Canadian Mineralogist, 12, 262-268   [view file]

Hawthorne F C (1976) A refinement of the crystal structure of adamite, The Canadian Mineralogist, 14, 143-148   [view file]

Hill R J (1976) The crystal structure and infrared properties of adamite, American Mineralogist, 61, 979-986   [view file]

Kato T, Miura Y (1977) The crystal structures of adamite and paradamite, Mineralogical Journal, 8, 320-328   [view file]

Toman K (1978) Ordering in olivenite-adamite solid solutions, Acta Crystallographica, B34, 715-721

Braithwaite R S W (1983) Infrared spectroscopic analysis of the olivenite-adamite series, and of phosphate substitution in olivenite, Mineralogical Magazine, 47, 51-57   [view file]

Chisholm J E (1985) Cation segregation and the O-H stretching vibration of the olivenite-adamite series, Physics and Chemistry of Minerals, 12, 185-190

Braithwaite R S W, Green D I, Tindle A G (2009) The distribution and composition of adamite and zincolivenite in Britian and Ireland, Journal of the Russell Society, 12, 3-9

Jinnouchi S, Yoshiasa A, Sugiyama K, Shimura R, Arima H, Momma H, Miyawaki R (2016) Crystal structure refinements of legrandite, adamite, and paradamite: The complex structure and characteristic hydrogen bonding network of legrandite, Journal of Mineralogical and Petrological Sciences, 111, 35-43

Zema M, Tarantino S C, Boiocchi M, Callegari A M (2016) Crystal structure of adamite at high temperature, Mineralogical Magazine, 80, 901-914