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Name: Brochantite RRUFF ID: R060117 Ideal Chemistry: Cu4(SO4)(OH)6 Locality: M'sesa mine, Likasi, Katanga Province, Democratic Republic of the Congo Source: University of Arizona Mineral Museum 16558 [view label] Owner: RRUFF Description: Emerald-green thick acicular crystals Status: The identification of this mineral has been confirmed by X-ray diffraction and chemical analysis |
Mineral Group: [ Brochantite (3) ] | ||
Quick search: [ All Brochantite samples (3) ] |
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RRUFF ID: | R060117.1 | |||||||
Sample Description: | Powder | |||||||
Cell Refinement Output: |
a: 12.7644(4)Å b: 9.8621(5)Å c: 6.0282(2)Å alpha: 89.995(6)° beta: 90° gamma: 90° Volume: 758.85(4)Å3 Crystal System: monoclinic |
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REFERENCES for Brochantite | |
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American Mineralogist Crystal Structure Database Record: [view record] |
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Mrose M E, Reichen L E (1965) Mineralogical notes: evidence for the identity of kamarezite with brochantite, Cu4(SO4)(OH)6, American Mineralogist, 50, 1450-1457 [view file] |
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Helliwell M, Smith J V (1997) Brochantite, Acta Crystallographica, C53, 1369-1371 |
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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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Merlino S, Perchiazzi N, Franco D (2003) Brochantite, Cu4SO4(OH)6: OD character, polytypism and crystal structures, European Journal of Mineralogy, 15, 267-275 |
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Frost R L, Williams P A, Martens W, Leverett P, Kloprogge J T (2004) Raman spectroscopy of basic copper (II) and some complex copper (II) sulfate minerals: Implications for hydrogen bonding, American Mineralogist, 89, 1130-1137 [view file] |
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Lane M D (2007) Mid-infrared emission spectroscopy of sulfate and sulfate-bearing minerals, American Mineralogist, 92, 1-18 [view file] |
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Mills S J, Kampf A R, Pasero M, Merlino S (2010) Discreditation of "orthobrochantite" (IMA 78-64) as the MDO1 polytype of brochantite, European Journal of Mineralogy, 22, 453-457 [view file] |
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Girgsdies F, Behrens M (2012) On the structural relations of malachite. II. The brochanite MDO polytypes, Acta Crystallographica, B68, 571-577 |
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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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