Clinoclase R070092

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Name: Clinoclase
RRUFF ID: R070092
Ideal Chemistry: Cu3(AsO4)(OH)3
Locality: Majuba Hill, Antelope District, Pershing County, Nevada, USA
Source: James Shigley [view label]
Owner: RRUFF
Description: Rich area of dark blue-green prismatic crystals
Status: The identification of this mineral is confirmed by single-crystal X-ray diffraction and chemical analysis.
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CHEMISTRY 
RRUFF ID: R070092.2
Sample Description: Microprobe Fragment
Measured Chemistry: (Cu2.97Al0.02◻0.01)Σ=3(As0.99P0.01)Σ=1O4(OH)3 ; trace amounts of Fe and Zn; OH estimated by difference and charge balance
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RAMAN SPECTRUM 
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Sample Description: Unoriented sample
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RRUFF ID: R070092
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Sample Description: Unoriented sample
Instrument settings: Thermo Almega XR 532nm @ 100% of 150mW
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INFRARED SPECTRUM (Attenuated Total Reflectance) 
RRUFF ID: R070092.1
Sample Description: Powder
Instrument settings: SensIR Durascope on a Nicolet Magna 860 FTIR
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POWDER DIFFRACTION 
RRUFF ID: R070092.1
Sample Description: Powder
Cell Refinement Output: a: 7.2697(2)Å    b: 6.4595(4)Å    c: 12.397(1)Å
alpha: 90°    beta: 99.492(8)°    gamma: 90°   Volume: 574.18(5)Å3    Crystal System: monoclinic
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Output file from the Bruker D8 Advance instrument. Includes device headers and XY data.

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

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REFERENCES for Clinoclase

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 (1830) Klinoklas-phyllit, in Uibersicht des Mineral-System's J. G. Engelhardt Freiberg 8-8   [view file]

Church A H (1895) A chemical study of some native arsenates and phosphates, Mineralogical Magazine, 11, 1-12   [view file]

Ghose S, Fehlmann M, Sundaralingam M (1965) The crystal structure of clinoclase, Cu3AsO4(OH)3, Acta Crystallographica, 18, 777-787

Eby R K, Hawthorne F C (1990) Clinoclase and the geometry of [5]-coordinate Cu2+ in minerals, Acta Crystallographica, C46, 2291-2294

Frost R L, Martens W N, Williams P A (2002) Raman spectroscopy of the phase-related basic copper arsenate minerals olivenite, cornwallite, cornubite and clinoclase, Journal of Raman Spectroscopy, 33, 475-484   [link]

Martens W N, Frost R L, Kloprogge J T, Williams P A (2003) The basic copper arsenate minerals olivenite, cornubite, cornwallite, and clinoclase: An infrared emission and Raman spectroscopic study, American Mineralogist, 88, 501-508   [view file]

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