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Name: Atacamite RRUFF ID: R050098 Ideal Chemistry: Cu2Cl(OH)3 Locality: La Farola mine, Tierra Amarilla, Atacama, Chile Source: Rock Currier Owner: RRUFF Description: Green prismatic single crystals Status: The identification of this mineral has been confirmed by X-ray diffraction and chemical analysis |
Mineral Group: [ Atacamite (16) ] |
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RRUFF ID: | R050098.1 | |||||||
Sample Description: | Powder | |||||||
Cell Refinement Output: |
a: 6.0303(1)Å b: 6.8677(2)Å c: 9.1189(2)Å alpha: 90.° beta: 90.° gamma: 90.° Volume: 377.65(1)Å3 Crystal System: orthorhombic |
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REFERENCES for Atacamite | |
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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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Blumenbach J F (1797) V. Kupfergeschlecht. Atacamit, in Handbuch der Naturgeschichte Johann Christian Dieterich Göttingen 655-660 [view file] |
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Karsten D L G (1800) Tabellarische uebersicht der mineralogisch - einfachen fossilien [as kupfer], in Mineralogische Tabellen Heinrich August Rottmann Berlin 46-46 [view file] |
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Blumenbach J F (1803) L´atacamit, sable vert d´Atacama, in Manuel D´Histoire Naturelle, Volume 2 Soulange Artaud Paris 348-349 [view file] |
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Wells AF (1949) The crystal structure of atacamite and the crystal chemistry of cupric compounds, Acta Crystallographica, 2, 175-180 [link] |
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Sharkey J B, Lewin S Z (1971) Conditions governing the formation of atacamite and paratacamite, American Mineralogist, 56, 179-192 [view file] |
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Bailey S W (1977) Report of the I.M.A-I.U.Cr. Joint Committee on Nomenclature, American Mineralogist, 62, 411-415 [view file] |
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Parise J B, Hyde B G (1986) The structure of atacamite and its relationship to spinel, Acta Crystallographica, C42, 1277-1280 |
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Pollard A M, Thomas R G, Williams P A (1989) Synthesis and stabilities of the basic copper (II) chlorides atacamite, paratacamite and botallackite, Mineralogical Magazine, 53, 557-563 [view file] |
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Scott D A (2000) A review of copper chlorides and related salts in bronze corrosion and as painting pigments, Studies in Conservation, 45, 39-53 |
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Frost R L, Martens W, Kloprogge J T, Williams P A (2002) Raman spectroscopy of the basic copper chloride minerals atacamite and paratacamite: implications for the study of copper, brass and bronze objects of archeological significance, Journal of Raman Spectroscopy, 33, 801-806 |
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Lichtenegger H C, Schöberl T, Bartl M H, Waite H, Stucky G D (2002) High abrasion resistance with sparse mineralization: Copper biomineral in worm jaws, Science, 298, 389-391 |
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Frost R L (2003) Raman spectroscopy of selected copper minerals of significance in corrosion, Spectrochimica Acta Part A-Molecular and Biomolecular Spectroscopy, 59, 1195-1204 |
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Martens W, Frost R L, Williams P A (2003) Raman and infrared spectroscopic study of the basic copper chloride minerals - implications for the study of the copper and brass corrosion and "bronze disease", Neues Jahrbuch für Mineralogie, Abhandlungen, 178, 197-215 |
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Zheng X G, Mori T, Nishiyama K, Higemoto W, Yamada H, Nishikubo K, Xu C N (2005) Antiferromagnetic transitions in polymorphous minerals of the natural cuprates atacamite and botallackite Cu2Cl(OH)3, Physical Review B, 71, 174404-8 |
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Kolitsch U, Rieck B, Brandstätter F, Schreiber F, Fabritz K H, Blaß G, Gröbner J (2014) Neufunde aus dem altem Bergbau und den Schlacken von Lavrion (II), Mineralien Welt, 25, 82-95 |
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