Hydroromarchite R090060


 Name: Hydroromarchite
RRUFF ID: R090060
Ideal Chemistry: Sn2+3O2(OH)2
Locality: Hooggenoeg Fm., Barberton Greenstone Belt, South Africa
Source: Joe Zullo S1 SA526-1 [view label]
Owner: RRUFF
Description: Pale tan tetragonal single crystal
Status: The identification of this mineral has been confirmed by single-crystal X-ray diffraction.
RAMAN SPECTRUM 
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Sample Description: Unoriented Sample
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RRUFF ID: R090060
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Sample Description: Unoriented Sample
Instrument settings: Thermo Almega XR 532nm @ 16% of 150mW
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POWDER DIFFRACTION 
RRUFF ID: R090060.9
Sample Description: Single crystal, powder profile is calculated
Cell Refinement Output: a: 7.956(2)Å    b: 7.956(2)Å    c: 9.141(2)Å
alpha: 90°    beta: 90°    gamma: 90°   Volume: 578.5(2)Å3    Crystal System: tetragonal
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Output file from the Bruker D8 Advance instrument. Includes device headers and XY data.

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REFERENCES for Hydroromarchite

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]

Organ R M, Mandarino J A (1971) Abstract: Romarchite and hydroromarchite, two new stannous minerals, The Canadian Mineralogist, 10, 916-916   [view file]

Fleischer M (1972) New mineral names, American Mineralogist, 57, 1552-1561   [view file]

Howie R A, Moser W (1973) Crystal data and formula for hydrous tin(II) oxide: a note, American Mineralogist, 58, 552-552   [view file]

Abrahams I, Grimes S M, Johnston S R, Knowles J C (1996) Tin(II) oxyhydroxide by x-ray powder diffraction, Acta Crystallographica, C52, 286-288

Dunkle S E, Craig J R, Rimstidt J D, Lusardi W R (2003) Romarchite, hydroromarchite and abhurite formed during the corrosion of pewter artifacts from the Queen Anne's Revenge (1718), The Canadian Mineralogist, 41, 659-669   [view file]

Ramik R A, Organ R M, Mandarino J A (2003) On type romarchite and hydroromarchite from Boundary Falls, Ontario, and notes on other occurrences, The Canadian Mineralogist, 41, 649-657   [view file]

Garuti G, Zaccarini F (2005) Minerals of Au, Ag, and U in volcanic-rock-associated massive sulfide deposits of the Northern Apennine ophiolite, Italy, The Canadian Mineralogist, 43, 935-950   [view file]

Locock A J, Piilonen P C, Ercit T S, Rowe R (2006) New mineral names, American Mineralogist, 91, 216-224   [view file]

Locock A J, Ramik R A, Back M E (2006) The structures of two novel Sn2+ oxysalts found with romarchite and hydroromarchite as corrosion products of pewter artifacts, The Canadian Mineralogist, 44, 1457-1467   [view file]

Dubrovinskaia N, Messingschlager M, Dubrovinsky L (2022) Tin weathering experiment set by nature for 300 years: natural crystals of the anthropogenic mineral hydroromarchite from Creussen, Bavaria, Germany, European Journal of Mineralogy, 34, 563-572