R050268 - RRUFF Database: Raman, X-ray, Infrared, and Chemistry

Zaratite R050268

Name: Zaratite
RRUFF ID: R050268
Ideal Chemistry: Ni₃(CO₃)(OH)₄·4H₂O
Locality: Lord Brassy mine, Tasmania, Australia
Source: Marcus Origlieri
Owner: RRUFF
Description: Green amorphous crust, intimately associated with nepouite
Status: The identification of this mineral has been confirmed only by chemical analysis

Mineral Group: [ Amorphous (18) ]

CHEMISTRY

RRUFF ID:	R050268.2
Sample Description:	Microprobe Fragment
Measured Chemistry:	Ni_3.00(CO₃)(OH)₄·4H₂O

RAMAN SPECTRUM

RRUFF ID:

Sample Description:

Unoriented sample

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BROAD SCAN WITH SPECTRAL ARTIFACTS

RRUFF ID:

R050268

Wavelength:

Sample Description:

Unoriented sample

Instrument settings:

Thermo Almega XR 532nm @ 100% of 150mW

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POWDER DIFFRACTION

RRUFF ID:

R050268.1

Sample Description:

Powder

File Type Information

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

File Type Information

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

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REFERENCES for Zaratite
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]
Martinez Alcibar A (1850) Raro é importante mineral de niquel, Revista Minera, 1, 302-306 [view file]
Smith J L, Brush G J (1853) Reexamination of American minerals: Part II. Chesterlite; Loxoclase; Danbury feldspars; Haddam albite; Greenwood mica; Biotite; Margarodite; Chesterlite talc; Rhodophyllite; Cummingtonite; Hydrous Anthophyllite; Monrolite; Ozarkite; Dysyntribite; Gibbsite; Emerald nickel, American Journal of Science and Arts, 16, 41-53 [view file]
Petterd W F (1894) A catalogue of the minerals known to occur in Tasmania, with notes on their distribution, Papers and Proceedings of the Royal Society of Tasmania for 1893, 1984, 1-72 [view file]
Fenoglio M (1934) Sulla struttura cristallina della zaratite, Periodico di Mineralogia, 5, 33-36 [view file]
Isaacs T (1963) The mineralogy and chemistry of nickel carbonates, Mineralogical Magazine, 33, 663-678 [view file]
Garcia-Guinea J, Iglesia A L, Crespo-Feo E, González del Tánago J, Correcher V (2013) The status of zaratite: investigation of the type specimen from Cape Ortegal, Galicia, Spain, European Journal of Mineralogy, 25, 995-1004 [view file]

REFERENCES for Zaratite

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]

Martinez Alcibar A (1850) Raro é importante mineral de niquel, Revista Minera, 1, 302-306 [view file]

Smith J L, Brush G J (1853) Reexamination of American minerals: Part II. Chesterlite; Loxoclase; Danbury feldspars; Haddam albite; Greenwood mica; Biotite; Margarodite; Chesterlite talc; Rhodophyllite; Cummingtonite; Hydrous Anthophyllite; Monrolite; Ozarkite; Dysyntribite; Gibbsite; Emerald nickel, American Journal of Science and Arts, 16, 41-53 [view file]

Petterd W F (1894) A catalogue of the minerals known to occur in Tasmania, with notes on their distribution, Papers and Proceedings of the Royal Society of Tasmania for 1893, 1984, 1-72 [view file]

Fenoglio M (1934) Sulla struttura cristallina della zaratite, Periodico di Mineralogia, 5, 33-36 [view file]

Isaacs T (1963) The mineralogy and chemistry of nickel carbonates, Mineralogical Magazine, 33, 663-678 [view file]

Garcia-Guinea J, Iglesia A L, Crespo-Feo E, González del Tánago J, Correcher V (2013) The status of zaratite: investigation of the type specimen from Cape Ortegal, Galicia, Spain, European Journal of Mineralogy, 25, 995-1004 [view file]