Iranite R060781
Name: Iranite
RRUFF ID: R060781
Ideal Chemistry: CuPb10(CrO4)6(SiO4)2(OH)2
Locality: Chapacase mine, Sierra Cerillos district, Tocopilla, Chile
Source: Michael Scott S101072 [view label]
Owner: RRUFF
Description: Corroded aggregate of orange platy crystals associated with red wulfenite; structure type sample.
Status: The identification of this mineral is confirmed by single-crystal X-ray diffraction and chemical analysis.
Mineral Group: [ Iranite (6) ]
CHEMISTRY 
RRUFF ID: R060781.2
Sample Description: Microprobe Fragment
Measured Chemistry: Cu1.00Pb10.00((Cr0.99◻0.01)Σ=1(O3.82(OH)0.18)Σ=4)6(Si1.00O4)2(OH)2
Microprobe Data File: [ Download Excel File ]
RAMAN SPECTRUM 
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Sample Description: Unoriented sample
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Sample Description: Unoriented sample
Instrument settings: Thermo Almega XR 532nm @ 50% of 150mW
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POWDER DIFFRACTION 
RRUFF ID: R060781.9
Sample Description: Single crystal, powder profile is calculated
Cell Refinement Output: a: 9.519(4)Å    b: 11.380(4)Å    c: 10.719(3)Å
alpha: 120.52(1)°    beta: 92.47(2)°    gamma: 55.51(1)°   Volume: 774.1(4)Å3    Crystal System: triclinic
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Output file from the Bruker D8 Advance instrument. Includes device headers and XY data.

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REFERENCES for Iranite

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]

Bariand P, Herpin P (1963) Une nouvelle espèce minérale: l'iranite, chromate hydraté de plomb, Bulletin de la Société Française de Minéralogie et de Cristallographie, 86, 133-135   [view file]

Fleischer M (1963) New mineral names, American Mineralogist, 48, 1413-1421   [view file]

Adib D, Ottemann J (1970) Some new lead oxide minerals and murdochite from T. Khuni Mine, Anarak, Iran, Mineralium Deposita, 5, 86-93

Fleischer M, Pabst A, Mandarino J A, Chao G Y, Cabri L J (1976) New mineral names, American Mineralogist, 61, 174-186   [view file]

Bariand P, Poullen J F (1980) Rare chromates from Seh–Changi, Iran, The Mineralogical Record, 11, 293-297

Cesbron F, Williams S A (1980) Iranite-hémihédrite, bellite, phoenicochroite, vauquelinite et fornacite: synthèse et nouvelles données, Bulletin de Minéralogie, 103, 469-477   [view file]

International Mineralogical Association (1980) International Mineralogical Association: Commission on new minerals and mineral names, Mineralogical Magazine, 43, 1053-1055   [view file]

Frost R L (2004) Raman microscopy of selected chromate minerals, Journal of Raman Spectroscopy, 35, 153-158

Yang H, Sano J L, Eichler C, Downs R T, Costin G (2007) Iranite, CuPb10(CrO4)6(SiO4)2(OH)2, isomorphous with hemihedrite, Acta Crystallographica, C63, i122-i124   [view file]

Yang H, Andrade M B, Downs R T, Gibbs R B, Jenkins R A (2016) Raygrantite, Pb10Zn(SO4)6(SiO4)2(OH)2, a new mineral isostructural with iranite, from the Big Horn mountains, Maricopa County, Arizona, USA, The Canadian Mineralogist, 54, 625-634   [view file]