Tsumebite R070446
Name: Tsumebite
RRUFF ID: R070446
Ideal Chemistry: Pb2Cu(PO4)(SO4)(OH)
Locality: Tiger mine, Collins Vein, Tiger, Arizona, USA
Source: Joe Ruiz [view label]
Owner: RRUFF
Description: Sea blue tabular crystals on quartz associated with yellowish phosphohedyphane, goethite, hematite, cerussite, fluorite, and corkite.
Status: The identification of this mineral has been confirmed by single-crystal X-ray diffraction.
Mineral Group: [ Brackebuschite (17) ]
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RAMAN SPECTRUM 
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Sample Description: Unoriented sample
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RRUFF ID: R070446
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Sample Description: Unoriented sample
Instrument settings: Thermo Almega XR 532nm @ 65% of 150mW
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POWDER DIFFRACTION 
RRUFF ID: R070446.9
Sample Description: Single crystal, powder profile is calculated
Cell Refinement Output: a: 7.866(4)Å    b: 5.779(3)Å    c: 8.698(5)Å
alpha: 90°    beta: 111.84(2)°    gamma: 90°   Volume: 367.0(1)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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REFERENCES for Tsumebite

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]

Busz K (1912) Tsumebit, ein neues Mineral von Otavi und Zinnsteinkristalle, Deutschen Naturforscher und Årtze in Münster, Versammlung, 84, 230-230   [view file]

Busz V K (1912) Tsumebit, ein neues Blei-Kupfer-Phosphat von Otavi, Deutsch Süd-West-Afrika, Deutschen Naturforscher und Årtze in Münster, Versammlung, 84, 182-185   [view file]

Rosický V (1912) Preslit, ein neues Mineral von Tsumeb in Deutsch-Südwestafrika, Zeitschrift für Krystallographie und Mineralogie, 51, 521-526   [view file]

Spencer L J (1913) A (sixth) list of new mineral names, Mineralogical Magazine, 16, 352-378   [view file]

LaForge L (1938) Crystallography of tsumebite, American Mineralogist, 23, 772-782   [view file]

Bideaux R A, Nichols M C, Williams S A (1966) The arsenate analog of tsumebite, a new mineral, American Mineralogist, 51, 258-259   [view file]

Nichols M C (1966) The structure of tsumebite, American Mineralogist, 51, 267-267   [view file]

Fanfani L, Zanazzi P F (1967) Structural similarities of some secondary lead minerals, Mineralogical Magazine, 36, 522-529   [view file]

Frost R L, Palmer S J, Xi Y (2011) Raman spectroscopy of the multi anion mineral arsentsumebite Pb2Cu(AsO4)(SO4)(OH) and in comparison with tsumebite Pb2Cu(PO4)(SO4)(OH), Spectrochimica Acta Part A-Molecular and Biomolecular Spectroscopy, A83, 449-452

Frost R L, Palmer S J (2011) Vibrational spectroscopic study of the mineral tsumebite Pb2Cu(PO4,SO4)(OH), Spectrochimica Acta Part A-Molecular and Biomolecular Spectroscopy, A79, 1794-1797