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Name: Malachite RRUFF ID: R050531 Ideal Chemistry: Cu2(CO3)(OH)2 Locality: Tsumeb mine, Tsumeb, Otavi District, Oshikoto, Namibia Source: University of Arizona Mineral Museum 4809 [view label] Owner: RRUFF Description: Spherical aggregates of green radiating acicular crystals associated with olivenite and bayldonite Status: The identification of this mineral has been confirmed by X-ray diffraction and chemical analysis |
Mineral Group: [ malachite (7) ] | ||
Quick search: [ All Malachite samples (2) ] |
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RRUFF ID: | R050531.9 | ||||||
Sample Description: | Powder, using Mo radiation | ||||||
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REFERENCES for Malachite | |
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American Mineralogist Crystal Structure Database Record: [view record] |
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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] |
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Gesner C (1565) Gemmis, quae erant in veste Aaronis, Liber Graecus, & e regione Latinus, Iola Hierotarantino interprete: cum Corollario Conradi Gesneri, in Sancti Patris Epiphanii Episcopi Cypri ad Diodorum Tyri episcopum, De XII 1-29 [view file] |
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Wallerius J G (1747) Koppargrón, in Mineralogia, eller Mineralriket Stockholm 279-280 [view file] |
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Hoffmann C A S (1789) Mineralsystem des Herrn Inspektor Werners mit dessen Erlaubnis herausgegeben von C A S Hoffmann, Bergmannisches Journal, 1, 369-398 [view file] |
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Klaproth M H (1797) Chemische Untersuchung des sibirischen Malachits, Beiträge zur Chemischen Kenntniss der Mineralkörper, 2, 287-290 [view file] |
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Larsen E S (1921) The microscopic determination of the nonopaque minerals, U.S. Geological Survey Bulletin, 671, 5-294 [view file] |
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Wells A F (1951) Malachite: Re-examination of crystal structure, Acta Crystallographica, 4, 200-204 |
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Süsse P (1967) Verfeinerung der kristallstruktur des malachits, Cu2(OH)2CO3, Acta Crystallographica, 22, 146-151 |
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Lakshman S V J, Reddy B J (1973) Optical absorption spectra of Cu2+ in chalcanthite and malachite, The Canadian Mineralogist, 12, 207-210 [view file] |
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Seguin M K (1975) Thermogravimetric and differential thermal analysis of malachite and azurite in inert atmospheres and in air, The Canadian Mineralogist, 13, 127-132 [view file] |
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Zigan F, Joswig W, Schuster H D, Mason S A (1977) Verfeinerung der Struktur von Malachit, Cu2(OH)2CO3, durch Neutronenbeugung, Zeitschrift für Kristallographie, 145, 412-426 [view file] |
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Frost R L, Martens W N, Rintoul L, Mahmutagic E, Kloprogge J T (2002) Raman spectroscopic study of azurite and malachite at 298 and 77 K, Journal of Raman Spectroscopy, 33, 252-259 |
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Buzgar N, Apopei A I (2009) The Raman study of certain carbonates, Analele Stiintifice Ale Universitatii, Al. I. Cuza Iasi Geologie, 55, 97-112 [view file] |
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Girgsdies F, Behrens M (2012) On the structural relations of malachite. I. The rosasite and ludwigite structure families, Acta Crystallographica, B68, 107-117 |
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Girgsdies F, Behrens M (2012) On the structural relations of malachite. II. The brochanite MDO polytypes, Acta Crystallographica, B68, 571-577 |
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Makovicky E, Merlino S (2019) Order-disorder twinning of malachite, The Canadian Mineralogist, 57, 475-488 |
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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 |
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Papineau D (2020) Chemically oscillating reactions in the formation of botryoidal malachite, American Mineralogist, 105, 447-454 |
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