R050028 - RRUFF Database: Raman, X-ray, Infrared, and Chemistry

Conichalcite R050028

Name: Conichalcite
RRUFF ID: R050028
Ideal Chemistry: CaCu(AsO₄)(OH)
Locality: Mapimi, Durango, Mexico
Source: Eugene Schlepp
Owner: RRUFF
Description: Green botryoidal groups covering adamite
Status: The identification of this mineral has been confirmed by X-ray diffraction and chemical analysis

Mineral Group: [ Adelite (19) ]

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CHEMISTRY

RRUFF ID:	R050028.2
Sample Description:	Microprobe fragment
Measured Chemistry:	Ca_1.00(Cu_0.70Zn_0.30)_Σ=1(As_1.00O₄)(OH)
Microprobe Data File:	[ Download Excel File ]

RAMAN SPECTRUM

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Sample Description:

Unoriented sample

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BROAD SCAN WITH SPECTRAL ARTIFACTS

RRUFF ID:

R050028

Wavelength:

Sample Description:

Unoriented sample

Instrument settings:

Thermo Almega XR 532nm @ 100% of 150mW

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INFRARED SPECTRUM (Attenuated Total Reflectance)

RRUFF ID:

R050028.1

Instrument settings:

SensIR Durascope on a Nicolet Magna 860 FTIR

Resolution:

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POWDER DIFFRACTION

RRUFF ID:

R050028.1

Sample Description:

Powder, mixed with adamite

Cell Refinement Output:

a: 7.449(2)Å b: 5.860(2)Å c: 9.131(3)Å
alpha: 90° beta: 90° gamma: 90° Volume: 398.6(0)Å³ Crystal System: orthorhombic

File Type Information

Calculated diffraction file.

File Type Information

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

File Type Information

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

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REFERENCES for Conichalcite
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]
Breithaupt J F A, Fritzsche F W (1849) Bestimmung neuer Mineralien: Konichalcit, Annalen der Physik und Chemie, 77, 139-141 [view file]
Larsen E S (1921) The microscopic determination of the nonopaque minerals, U.S. Geological Survey Bulletin, 671, 5-294 [view file]
Berry L G (1951) Observations on chonichalcite, cornwallite, euchroite liroconite and olivenite, American Mineralogist, 36, 484-503 [view file]
Qurashi M M, Barnes W H (1963) The structures of the minerals of the descloizite and adelite groups: IV - descloizite and conichalcite (part 2) The structure of conichalcite, The Canadian Mineralogist, 7, 561-577 [view file]
Qurashi M M, Barnes W H (1964) The structures of the minerals of the descloizite and adelite groups: V—descloizite and conichalcite (part 3). The structure of descloizite, The Canadian Mineralogist, 8, 23-39 [view file]
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]
Jambor J L, Owens D R, Dutrizac J E (1980) Solid solution in the adelite group of arsenates, The Canadian Mineralogist, 18, 191-195 [view file]
Reddy B J, Frost R L, Martens W N (2005) Characterization of conichalcite by SEM, FTIR, Raman and electronic reflectance spectroscopy, Mineralogical Magazine, 69, 155-167 [view file]
Henderson R R, Yang H, Downs R T, Jenkins R A (2008) Redetermination of conichalcite, CaCu(AsO₄)(OH), Acta Crystallographica, E64, i53-i54 [view file]
Sakai S, Yoshiasa A, Sugiyama K, Miyawaki R (2009) Crystal structure and chemistry of conichalcite, CaCu(AsO₄)(OH), Journal of Mineralogical and Petrological Sciences, 104, 125-131
Schlüter J, Pohl D, Gebhard G (2011) The new mineral hermannroseite, CaCu(PO₄,AsO₄)(OH), the phosphate analogue of conichalcite, from Tsumeb, Namibia, Neues Jahrbuch für Mineralogie, Abhandlungen, 188, 135-140
Mauro D, Biagioni C, Sejkora J, Dolníček Z (2023) Occurrence and crystal chemistry of austinite, conichalcite and zincolivenite from the Peloritani Mountains, northeastern Sicily, Italy, Mineralogical Magazine, 87, 659-669

REFERENCES for Conichalcite

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]

Breithaupt J F A, Fritzsche F W (1849) Bestimmung neuer Mineralien: Konichalcit, Annalen der Physik und Chemie, 77, 139-141 [view file]

Larsen E S (1921) The microscopic determination of the nonopaque minerals, U.S. Geological Survey Bulletin, 671, 5-294 [view file]

Berry L G (1951) Observations on chonichalcite, cornwallite, euchroite liroconite and olivenite, American Mineralogist, 36, 484-503 [view file]

Qurashi M M, Barnes W H (1963) The structures of the minerals of the descloizite and adelite groups: IV - descloizite and conichalcite (part 2) The structure of conichalcite, The Canadian Mineralogist, 7, 561-577 [view file]

Qurashi M M, Barnes W H (1964) The structures of the minerals of the descloizite and adelite groups: V—descloizite and conichalcite (part 3). The structure of descloizite, The Canadian Mineralogist, 8, 23-39 [view file]

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]

Jambor J L, Owens D R, Dutrizac J E (1980) Solid solution in the adelite group of arsenates, The Canadian Mineralogist, 18, 191-195 [view file]

Reddy B J, Frost R L, Martens W N (2005) Characterization of conichalcite by SEM, FTIR, Raman and electronic reflectance spectroscopy, Mineralogical Magazine, 69, 155-167 [view file]

Henderson R R, Yang H, Downs R T, Jenkins R A (2008) Redetermination of conichalcite, CaCu(AsO₄)(OH), Acta Crystallographica, E64, i53-i54 [view file]

Sakai S, Yoshiasa A, Sugiyama K, Miyawaki R (2009) Crystal structure and chemistry of conichalcite, CaCu(AsO₄)(OH), Journal of Mineralogical and Petrological Sciences, 104, 125-131

Schlüter J, Pohl D, Gebhard G (2011) The new mineral hermannroseite, CaCu(PO₄,AsO₄)(OH), the phosphate analogue of conichalcite, from Tsumeb, Namibia, Neues Jahrbuch für Mineralogie, Abhandlungen, 188, 135-140

Mauro D, Biagioni C, Sejkora J, Dolníček Z (2023) Occurrence and crystal chemistry of austinite, conichalcite and zincolivenite from the Peloritani Mountains, northeastern Sicily, Italy, Mineralogical Magazine, 87, 659-669