Chalcomenite R100123
Name: Chalcomenite
RRUFF ID: R100123
Ideal Chemistry: Cu(Se4+O3)·2H2O
Locality: Baccu Locci mine, Villaputen, Sardinia
Source: William W. Pinch [view label]
Owner: RRUFF
Description: Blue tabular crystals associated with colorless bladed orlandiite, R100122, and colorless anglesite.
Status: The identification of this mineral has been confirmed only by single crystal X-ray diffraction.
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RAMAN SPECTRUM 
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Sample Description: Unoriented Raman on the primary sample
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RRUFF ID: R100123
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Sample Description: Unoriented Raman on the primary sample
Instrument settings: Thermo Almega XR 532nm @ 100% of 150mW
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POWDER DIFFRACTION 
RRUFF ID: R100123.9
Sample Description: Single crystal, powder profile is calculated
Cell Refinement Output: a: 6.685(1)Å    b: 9.181(1)Å    c: 7.388(1)Å
alpha: 90°    beta: 90°    gamma: 90°   Volume: 453.4(1)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 Chalcomenite

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]

Des Cloizeaux A, Damour A A (1881) Note sur la chalcoménite, nouvelle espèce minérale (sélénite de cuivre), Bulletin de la Société Minéralogique de France, 4, 51-55   [view file]

Gattow V G (1958) Die Kristallstruktur von CuSeO3·2H2O (Chalkomenit), Acta Crystallographica, 11, 377-383   [view file]

Mandarino J A (1964) Mineralogical notes: X-ray powder data for teineite and chalcomenite, American Mineralogist, 49, 1481-1485   [view file]

Effenberger H (1977) Verfeinerung der Kristallstruktur von synthetischem Teineit CuTeO3·2H2O, Tschermaks Mineralogische und Petrographische Mitteilungen, 24, 287-298

Lo K, Wei J, Zhang J, Gu Q (1980) Clinochalcomenite, a new mineral of selenite, Kexue Tongbao, 25, 427-433   [view file]

Lo K, Chen Z, Ma Z (1984) The crystal structure of clinochalcomenite, Kexue Tongbao, 29, 352-355   [view file]

Pasero M, Perchiazzi N (1989) Chalcomenite from Baccu Locci, Sardinia, Italy: mineral data and structure refinement, Neues Jahrbuch für Mineralogie, Monatshefte, 1989, 551-556

Robinson P D, Gupta P K S, Swihart G H, Houk L (1992) Crystal structure, H positions, and the Se lone pair of synthetic chalcomenite, Cu(H2O)2[SeO3], American Mineralogist, 77, 834-838   [view file]

Charykova M V, Lelet M I, Krivovichev V G, Ivanova N M, Suleimanov E V (2017) A calorimetric and thermodynamic investigation of the synthetic analogue of chalcomenite, CuSeO3·2H2O, European Journal of Mineralogy, 29, 269-277