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Name: Azurite RRUFF ID: R050497 Ideal Chemistry: Cu3(CO3)2(OH)2 Locality: Tsumeb mine, Tsumeb, Otavi District, Oshikoto, Namibia Source: Marcus Origlieri Owner: RRUFF Description: Blue prismatic single crystal Status: The identification of this mineral has been confirmed by X-ray diffraction and chemical analysis |
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Mineral Group: [ Not in a structural group (133) ] | ||
Quick search: [ All Azurite samples (2) ] |
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RRUFF ID: | R050497.1 | |||||||
Sample Description: | Powder | |||||||
Cell Refinement Output: |
a: 5.0095(2)Å b: 5.8455(2)Å c: 10.3441(5)Å alpha: 90.° beta: 92.420(3)° gamma: 90.° Volume: 302.64(1)Å3 Crystal System: monoclinic |
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REFERENCES for Azurite | |
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American Mineralogist Crystal Structure Database Record: [view record] |
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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] |
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Jameson R (1805) Azurite, System of Mineralogy, II, Bell and Bradfute Edinburgh, U.K. 542-544 [view file] |
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Beudant F S (1832) Azurite, in Traité Élémentaire de Minéralogie, 2nd Edition Paris 373-374 [view file] |
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Zigan F, Schuster H D (1972) Verfeinerung der struktur von azurit, Cu3(OH)2(CO3)2, durch neutronenbeugung, Zeitschrift für Kristallographie, 135, 416-436 [view file] |
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Seguin M K (1975) Thermogravimetric and differential thermal analysis of malachite and azurite in inert atmospheres and in air, The Canadian Mineralogist, 13, 127-132 [view file] |
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International Mineralogical Association (1980) International Mineralogical Association: Commission on new minerals and mineral names, Mineralogical Magazine, 43, 1053-1055 [view file] |
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Belokoneva E L, Gubina Y K, Forsyth J B (2001) The charge density distribution and antiferromagnetic properties of azurite Cu3[CO3]2(OH)2, Physics and Chemistry of Minerals, 28, 498-507 |
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Frost R L, Martens W N, Rintoul L, Mahmutagic E, Kloprogge J T (2002) Raman spectroscopic study of azurite and malachite at 298 and 77 K, Journal of Raman Spectroscopy, 33, 252-259 |
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Buzgar N, Apopei A I (2009) The Raman study of certain carbonates, Analele Stiintifice Ale Universitatii, Al. I. Cuza Iasi Geologie, 55, 97-112 [view file] |
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Markl G, Keim M F, Bayerl R (2019) Unusual mineral diversity in hydrothermal vein-type deposit: The Clara mine, SW Germany, as a type example, The Canadian Mineralogist, 57, 427-456 |
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