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Name: Aurichalcite RRUFF ID: R050297 Ideal Chemistry: (Zn,Cu)5(CO3)2(OH)6 Locality: 79 mine, 4th level, Hayden, Gila County, Arizona, USA Source: George Godas, John Callahan Owner: RRUFF Description: Sprays of greenish blue lathlike crystals Status: The identification of this mineral has been confirmed by X-ray diffraction and chemical analysis |
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RRUFF ID: | R050297.1 | |||||||
Sample Description: | Powder | |||||||
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a: 13.813(1)Å b: 6.4099(3)Å c: 5.2877(6)Å alpha: 90° beta: 100.74(1)° gamma: 90° Volume: 459.97(5)Å3 Crystal System: monoclinic |
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REFERENCES for Aurichalcite | |
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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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Boettger T (1839) Chemische Untersuchung des Aurichalcits, eines neuen Kupfererzes vom Altai, Annalen der Physik und Chemie, 48, 495-500 [view file] |
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Jambor J L, Pouliot G (1965) Xray crystallography of aurichalcite and hydrozincite, The Canadian Mineralogist, 8, 385-389 [view file] |
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Harding M M, Kariuki B M, Cernik R, Cressey G (1994) The structure of aurichalcite, (Cu, Zn)5(OH)6(CO3)2, determined from a microcrystal, Acta Crystallographica, B50, 673-676 |
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Jambor J L, Roberts A C, (1995) New mineral names, American Mineralogist, 80, 1073-1077 [view file] |
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Frost R L, Hales M C, Wain D L (2008) Raman spectroscopy of smithsonite, Journal of Raman Spectroscopy, 39, 108-114 |
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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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Giester G, Rieck B (2014) Crystal structure refinement of aurichalcite, (Cu,Zn)5(CO3)2(OH)6, from the Lavrion Mining District, Greece, Neues Jahrbuch für Mineralogie, Abhandlungen, 191, 225-232 |
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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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