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Connellite R060503

Name: Connellite
RRUFF ID: R060503
Ideal Chemistry: Cu₃₆(SO₄)(OH)₆₂Cl₈·6H₂O
Locality: Shattuck mine, Bisbee, Cochise County, Arizona, USA
Source: University of Arizona Mineral Museum 1188 [view label]
Owner: RRUFF
Description: Blue thin prismatic crystals
Status: The identification of this mineral is confirmed by single-crystal X-ray diffraction and chemical analysis.

Mineral Group: [ Connellite (3) ]

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CHEMISTRY

RRUFF ID:	R060503.2
Sample Description:	Microprobe Fragment
Measured Chemistry:	Cu_33.68(SO₄)_1.83(OH)₆₂Cl_7.55·6H₂O
Microprobe Data File:	[ Download Excel File ]

RAMAN SPECTRUM

RRUFF ID:

Sample Description:

Unoriented sample.

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BROAD SCAN WITH SPECTRAL ARTIFACTS

RRUFF ID:

R060503

Wavelength:

Sample Description:

Unoriented sample.

Instrument settings:

Thermo Almega XR 532nm @ 10% of 150mW

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POWDER DIFFRACTION

RRUFF ID:

R060503.9

Sample Description:

Single crystal, powder profile is calculated

Cell Refinement Output:

a: 15.787(5)Å b: 15.787(5)Å c: 9.118(2)Å
alpha: 90° beta: 90° gamma: 120° Volume: 1968(1)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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	X-ray Data (XY - Processed)
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REFERENCES for Connellite
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]
Connell A (1847) On sulphato-chloride of copper, a new mineral, The Edinburgh New Philosophical Journal, 43, 243-244 [view file]
Dana J D (1850) Connellite, in System of Mineralogy, Third Edition George P Putnam New York and London 523-523 [view file]
McLean W J, Anthony J W (1972) The disordered structure of connellite, American Mineralogist, 57, 426-438 [view file]
Frost R L, Williams P A, Martens W, Kloprogge J T (2002) Raman spectroscopy of the polyanionic copper(II) minerals buttgenbachite and connellite: implications for studies of ancient copper objects and bronzes, Journal of Raman Spectroscopy, 33, 752-757
Hibbs D E, Leverett P, Williams P A (2006) Connellite from Bisbee, Arizona: A single-crystal X-ray study, Axis, 2, issue 2 Mineralogical Record www.MineralogicalRecord.com 1-7

REFERENCES for Connellite

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]

Connell A (1847) On sulphato-chloride of copper, a new mineral, The Edinburgh New Philosophical Journal, 43, 243-244 [view file]

Dana J D (1850) Connellite, in System of Mineralogy, Third Edition George P Putnam New York and London 523-523 [view file]

McLean W J, Anthony J W (1972) The disordered structure of connellite, American Mineralogist, 57, 426-438 [view file]

Frost R L, Williams P A, Martens W, Kloprogge J T (2002) Raman spectroscopy of the polyanionic copper(II) minerals buttgenbachite and connellite: implications for studies of ancient copper objects and bronzes, Journal of Raman Spectroscopy, 33, 752-757

Hibbs D E, Leverett P, Williams P A (2006) Connellite from Bisbee, Arizona: A single-crystal X-ray study, Axis, 2, issue 2 Mineralogical Record www.MineralogicalRecord.com 1-7