Antlerite R110045
Name: Antlerite
RRUFF ID: R110045
Ideal Chemistry: Cu2+3(SO4)(OH)4
Locality: Childs Aldwinkle mine, Bunker Hill District, Copper Creek, Pinal County, Arizona, USA
Source: Bob Downs, collected March 2011
Owner: RRUFF
Description: Green granular aggregate
Status: The identification of this mineral has been confirmed by single-crystal X-ray diffraction.
Mineral Group: [ Not in a structural group (133) ]
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RAMAN SPECTRUM 
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Sample Description: Unoriented Raman on the primary sample
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Sample Description: Unoriented Raman on the primary sample
Instrument settings: Thermo Almega XR 532nm @ 25% of 150mW
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POWDER DIFFRACTION 
RRUFF ID: R110045.9
Sample Description: Single crystal, powder profile is calculated
Cell Refinement Output: a: 8.264(1)Å    b: 6.064(1)Å    c: 12.026(2)Å
alpha: 90°    beta: 90°    gamma: 90°   Volume: 602.6(2)Å3    Crystal System: orthorhombic
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Output file from the Bruker D8 Advance instrument. Includes device headers and XY data.

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REFERENCES for Antlerite

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]

Hillebrand W F (1889) Mineralogical Notes. 6. A basic cupric sulphate, Bulletin of the United States Geological Survey, 55, 48-55   [view file]

Mrose M E (1961) Vernadskite discredited: pseudomorphs of antlerite after dolerophanite, American Mineralogist, 46, 146-154   [view file]

International Mineralogical Association (1967) Commission on new minerals and mineral names, Mineralogical Magazine, 36, 131-136   [view file]

Hawthorne F C, Groat L A, Eby R K (1989) Antlerite, Cu3SO4(OH)4, a heteropolyhedral wallpaper structure, The Canadian Mineralogist, 27, 205-209   [view file]

Frost R L (2003) Raman spectroscopy of selected copper minerals of significance in corrosion, Spectrochimica Acta Part A-Molecular and Biomolecular Spectroscopy, 59, 1195-1204

Martens W, Frost R L, Kloprogge J T, Williams P A (2003) Raman spectroscopic study of the basic copper sulphates - implications for copper corrosion and ‘bronze disease’, Journal of Raman Spectroscopy, 34, 145-151

Vilminot S, Richard-Plouet M, Andre G, Swierczynski D, Guillot M, Bouree-Vigneron F, Drillon M (2003) Magnetic structure and properties of Cu3(OH)4SO4 made of triple chains of spins s=1/2, Journal of Solid State Chemistry, 170, 255-264

Frost R L, Williams P A, Martens W, Leverett P, Kloprogge J T (2004) Raman spectroscopy of basic copper (II) and some complex copper (II) sulfate minerals: Implications for hydrogen bonding, American Mineralogist, 89, 1130-1137   [view file]

Lane M D (2007) Mid-infrared emission spectroscopy of sulfate and sulfate-bearing minerals, American Mineralogist, 92, 1-18   [view file]

Thompson R M, Yang H, Downs R T (2012) Packing systematics and structural relationships of the new copper molybdate markascherite and related minerals, American Mineralogist, 97, 1977-1986   [view file]

Markl G, Keim M F, Bayerl R (2019) Unusual mineral diversity in hydrothermal vein-type deposit: The Clara mine, SW Germany, as a type example, The Canadian Mineralogist, 57, 427-456