Fornacite R060986
Name: Fornacite
RRUFF ID: R060986
Ideal Chemistry: CuPb2(CrO4)(AsO4)(OH)
Locality: Tombstone, Arizona, USA
Source: Bob Jenkins [view label]
Owner: RRUFF
Description: Deep olive-green tabular plates on calcite crystals
Status: The identification of this mineral is confirmed by single-crystal X-ray diffraction and chemical analysis.
Mineral Group: [ Fornacite (6) ]
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CHEMISTRY 
RRUFF ID: R060986.2
Sample Description: Microprobe Fragment
Measured Chemistry: Cu1.00Pb2.00(Cr1.00O4)(As1.00O4)(OH); OH estimated by difference and charge balance
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 @ 100% of 150mW
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POWDER DIFFRACTION 
RRUFF ID: R060986.9
Sample Description: Single crystal, powder profile is calculated
Cell Refinement Output: a: 8.088(3)Å    b: 5.929(2)Å    c: 17.568(3)Å
alpha: 90°    beta: 109.99(1)°    gamma: 90°   Volume: 791.7(3)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 Fornacite

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]

Lacroix A (1915) Note préliminaire sur une novelle espèce minérale (furnacite), provenant du Moyen Congo (Afrique equatoriale française), Bulletin de la Société Française de Minéralogie, 38, 198-200   [view file]

Lacroix A (1916) Erratum concernant une nouvelle espèce minérale du Congo, Bulletin de la Société Française de Minéralogie, 39, 84-84   [view file]

Fleischer M (1964) New mineral names, American Mineralogist, 49, 439-448   [view file]

Cocco G, Fanfani L, Zanazzi P F (1967) The crystal structure of fornacite, Zeitschrift für Kristallographie, 124, 385-397   [view file]

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

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]

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

Ksenofontov D A, Kabalov Y K, Pekov I V, Zubkova N V (2014) Refinement of the crystal structure of fornacite using the Rietveld method, Doklady Earth Sciences, 456, 520-523