Arsenolamprite R060680


Name: Arsenolamprite
RRUFF ID: R060680
Ideal Chemistry: As
Locality: Copiapo, Atacama, Chile
Source: Michael Scott S101370 [view label]
Owner: RRUFF
Description: Black oxidized coating of arsenolite over a group of elongated bladed and platy crystals
Status: The identification of this mineral has been confirmed by X-ray diffraction and chemical analysis
Mineral Group: [ Arsenolamprite (3) ]
CHEMISTRY 
RRUFF ID: R060680.2
Sample Description: Microprobe fragment
Measured Chemistry: As1.00 ; = light phase. Dark phase is As2.00O3
Microprobe Data File: [ Download Excel File ]
RAMAN SPECTRUM 
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Sample Description: Unoriented sample
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RRUFF ID: R060680
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Sample Description: Unoriented sample
Instrument settings: Thermo Almega XR 532nm @ 100% of 150mW
POWDER DIFFRACTION 
RRUFF ID: R060680.1
Sample Description: Powder
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Output file from the Bruker D8 Advance instrument. Includes device headers and XY data.

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REFERENCES for Arsenolamprite

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]

Breithaupt J F A (1823) Arsenik - Glanz, in Vollstandige Charakteristik des Mineral-Systems Arnoldische Buchhandlung Dresden 129, 250-251   [view file]

Hintze C (1886) Ueber Arsenolamprit, Zeitschrift für Krystallographie und Mineralogie, 11, 606-608   [view file]

Foshag W F (1928) New mineral names, American Mineralogist, 13, 32-34   [view file]

Fleischer M (1960) New mineral names, American Mineralogist, 45, 476-480   [view file]

Smith P M, Leadbetter A J, Apling A J (1974) The structures of orthorhombic and vitreous arsenic, Philosophical Magazine, 31, 57-64

Puselj M, Ban Z, Grdenic D (1977) On the Allotropy of Arsenic, Zeitschrift für Anorganische und Allgemeine Chemie, 437, 289-292

Gibbs G V, Wallace A F, Cox D F, Dove P M, Downs R T, Ross N L, Rosso K M (2009) Role of directed van der Waals bonded interactions in the determination of the structures of molecular arsenate solids, Journal of Physical Chemistry A, 113, 736-749   [view file]