Antlerite R050212
Name: Antlerite
RRUFF ID: R050212
Ideal Chemistry: Cu2+3(SO4)(OH)4
Locality: Chuquicamata mine, Calama, Antofagasta Province, Chile
Source: John Dagenais
Owner: RRUFF
Description: Deep green tabular crystals
Status: The identification of this mineral has been confirmed by X-ray diffraction and chemical analysis
Mineral Group: [ Not in a structural group (133) ]
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CHEMISTRY 
RRUFF ID: R050212.2
Sample Description: Microprobe Fragment
Measured Chemistry: Cu3.00S1.00O4(OH)4
Microprobe Data File: [ Download Excel File ]
RAMAN SPECTRUM 
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Sample Description: Unoriented sample
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RRUFF ID: R050212
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Sample Description: Unoriented sample
Instrument settings: Thermo Almega XR 532nm @ 100% of 150mW
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INFRARED SPECTRUM (Attenuated Total Reflectance) 
RRUFF ID: R050212.1
Sample Description: Powder
Instrument settings: SensIR Durascope on a Nicolet Magna 860 FTIR
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RRUFF ID: R050212.1
Sample Description: Powder
Instrument settings: PIKE GladiATR - Far-IR on a Nicolet Magna 860 FTIR
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POWDER DIFFRACTION 
RRUFF ID: R050212.1
Sample Description: Powder
Cell Refinement Output: a: 8.2565(2)Å    b: 6.0548(2)Å    c: 12.0106(2)Å
alpha: 90.°    beta: 90.°    gamma: 90.°   Volume: 600.43(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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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