Stringhamite R110018
Name: Stringhamite
RRUFF ID: R110018
Ideal Chemistry: CaCu(SiO4)·H2O
Locality: Christmas mine, Gila County, Arizona, USA
Source: Bob Jenkins
Owner: RRUFF
Description: Deep blue platy crystals
Status: The identification of this mineral has been confirmed by single-crystal X-ray diffraction.
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RAMAN SPECTRUM 
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Sample Description: Unoriented Raman on the primary sample
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RRUFF ID: R110018
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Sample Description: Unoriented Raman on the primary sample
Instrument settings: Thermo Almega XR 532nm @ 100% of 150mW
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POWDER DIFFRACTION 
RRUFF ID: R110018.9
Sample Description: Single crystal, powder profile is calculated
Cell Refinement Output: a: 5.0230(9)Å    b: 16.129(3)Å    c: 5.3362(8)Å
alpha: 90°    beta: 103.00(1)°    gamma: 90°   Volume: 421.25(9)Å3    Crystal System: monoclinic
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Calculated diffraction file.

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

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REFERENCES for Stringhamite

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]

Hindman J R (1976) Stringhamite, a new hydrous copper calcium silicate from Utah, American Mineralogist, 61, 189-192   [view file]

Hawthorne F C (1985) The crystal structure of stringhamite, Tschermaks Mineralogische und Petrographische Mitteilungen, 34, 15-24

Dunn P J, Chao G Y, Fitzpatrick J J, Langley R H, Fleischer M, Zilczer J A (1986) New mineral names, American Mineralogist, 71, 227-232   [view file]