Paralaurionite R100178
Name: Paralaurionite
RRUFF ID: R100178
Ideal Chemistry: PbCl(OH)
Locality: Sierra Gorda, Antofagasta Province, Chile
Source: Bob Jenkins
Owner: RRUFF
Description: Clear to pale violet melted looking blobs or elongated tabular crystals, associated with clear to white hexagonal prismatic penfieldite, blue tabular pseudoboleite, and colorless tabular gypsum.
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: R100178
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Sample Description: Unoriented Raman on the primary sample
Instrument settings: Thermo Almega XR 532nm @ 50% of 150mW
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POWDER DIFFRACTION 
RRUFF ID: R100178.9
Sample Description: Single crystal, powder profile is calculated
Cell Refinement Output: a: 10.862(6)Å    b: 3.992(2)Å    c: 7.191(3)Å
alpha: 90°    beta: 117.23(4)°    gamma: 90°   Volume: 277.25(7)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 Paralaurionite

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]

Smith G F H (1899) On some lead minerals from Laurium, namely, laurionite, phosgenite, fiedlerite, and (new species) paralaurionite, Mineralogical Magazine, 12, 102-110   [view file]

Merlino S, Pasero M, Perchiazzi N (1993) Crystal structure of paralaurionite and its OD relationships with laurionite, Mineralogical Magazine, 57, 323-328   [link]   [view file]

Kolitsch U, Rieck B, Brandstätter F, Schreiber F, Fabritz K, Blaß G, Gröbner J (2014) Neufunde aus dem alten Bergbau und den Schlacken von Lavrion (I), Mineralien Welt, 1, 60-75