Flaggite R210026

Name: Flaggite
RRUFF ID: R210026
Ideal Chemistry: Pb₄Cu²⁺₄Te⁶⁺₂(SO₄)₂O₁₁(OH)₂(H₂O)
Locality: Grand Central mine, Tombstone district, Cochise County, Arizona, USA
Source: Anthony Kampf
Owner: Anthony Kampf
Description: Lime-green to yellow-green tablets on quartz matrix associated with alunite, backite, cerussite, jarosite and rodalquilarite
Status: The identification of this mineral has been confirmed by X-ray diffraction.

BROAD SCAN WITH SPECTRAL ARTIFACTS

RRUFF ID:

R210026

Wavelength:

Sample Description:

Unoriented sample

Instrument settings:

HORIBA JobinYvon XPLORA 532 nm @ 100% of mW

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	Raman Data (RAW)
	RRUFF File

POWDER DIFFRACTION

RRUFF ID:

R210026

Sample Description:

Single crystal, powder profile is calculated

Cell Refinement Output:

a: 9.5610(2)Å b: 9.9755(2)Å c: 10.4449(3)Å
alpha: 74.8840(10)° beta: 89.9940(10)° gamma: 78.2190(10)° Volume: 939.97(4) Å³ Crystal System: triclinic

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REFERENCES for Flaggite
Miyawaki R, Hatert F, Pasero M, Mills S J (2021) IMA Commission on New Minerals, Nomenclature and Classification (CNMNC) Newsletter 63, Mineralogical Magazine, 85, 910-915 [view file]
Celestian A J (2022) New Mineral Names: Hydrous Minerals, American Mineralogist, 107, 1656-1658 [view file]
Kampf A R, Mills S J, Celestian A J, Ma C, Yang H, Thorne B (2022) Flaggite, Pb₄Cu²⁺₄Te⁶⁺₂(SO₄)₂O₁₁(OH)₂(H₂O), a new mineral with stair-step-like HCP layers from Tombstone, Arizona, USA, Mineralogical Journal, 86, 397-404