R070652 - RRUFF Database: Raman, X-ray, Infrared, and Chemistry

Dolerophanite R070652

Name: Dolerophanite
RRUFF ID: R070652
Ideal Chemistry: Cu₂O(SO₄)
Locality: First scoria cone, Northern Breakthrough (North Breach), Great Fissure (Main Fracture) eruption, Tolbachik volcano, Kamchatka Oblast', Far-Eastern Region, Russia
Source: Michael Scott S102948 [view label]
Owner: RRUFF
Description: Very dark brown prismatic crystal to golden brown crystal fragments associated with euchlorine
Status: The identification of this mineral has been confirmed by single-crystal X-ray diffraction.

Mineral Group: [ Natrochalcite (13) ]

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RAMAN SPECTRUM

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Sample Description:

Unoriented sample

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BROAD SCAN WITH SPECTRAL ARTIFACTS

RRUFF ID:

R070652

Wavelength:

Sample Description:

Unoriented sample

Instrument settings:

Thermo Almega XR 532nm @ 100% of 150mW

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POWDER DIFFRACTION

RRUFF ID:

R070652.9

Sample Description:

Single crystal, powder profile is calculated

Cell Refinement Output:

a: 9.38(2)Å b: 6.33(1)Å c: 7.63(2)Å
alpha: 90° beta: 122.35(6)° gamma: 90° Volume: 383(1)Å³ Crystal System: monoclinic

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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REFERENCES for Dolerophanite
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]
Scacchi A (1873) Nuove specie di solfati di rame, Atti Dell'Accademia delle Scienze Fisiche e Matematiche, 5, 22-29 [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]
Flügel-Kahler E (1963) Die kristallstruktur von dolerophanit, Cu₂O(SO₄), Acta Crystallographica, 16, 1009-1014
Effenberger H (1985) Cu₂O(SO₄), dolerophanite: Refinement of the crystal structure with a comparison of [OCu(II)₄] tetrahedra in inorganic compounds, Monatshefte für Chemie, 116, 927-931
Nazarchuk E V, Siidra O I, Filatov S K, Charkin D O, Zhdanova L R (2023) Thermal expansion of anhydrous copper sulfate minerals determined by single crystal X‑ray diffraction: chalcocyanite CuSO₄, dolerophanite Cu₂OSO₄ and kamchatkite KCu₃O(SO₄)₂Cl, Physics and Chemistry of Minerals, 50, 11

REFERENCES for Dolerophanite

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]

Scacchi A (1873) Nuove specie di solfati di rame, Atti Dell'Accademia delle Scienze Fisiche e Matematiche, 5, 22-29 [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]

Flügel-Kahler E (1963) Die kristallstruktur von dolerophanit, Cu₂O(SO₄), Acta Crystallographica, 16, 1009-1014

Effenberger H (1985) Cu₂O(SO₄), dolerophanite: Refinement of the crystal structure with a comparison of [OCu(II)₄] tetrahedra in inorganic compounds, Monatshefte für Chemie, 116, 927-931

Nazarchuk E V, Siidra O I, Filatov S K, Charkin D O, Zhdanova L R (2023) Thermal expansion of anhydrous copper sulfate minerals determined by single crystal X‑ray diffraction: chalcocyanite CuSO₄, dolerophanite Cu₂OSO₄ and kamchatkite KCu₃O(SO₄)₂Cl, Physics and Chemistry of Minerals, 50, 11