Reichenbachite R060867 - RRUFF Database: Raman, X-ray, Infrared, and Chemistry

Reichenbachite R060867

Name: Reichenbachite
RRUFF ID: R060867
Ideal Chemistry: Cu₅(PO₄)₂(OH)₄
Locality: Old Gunnislake mine, Gunnislake, Cornwall, England
Source: Michael Scott S100853 [view label]
Owner: RRUFF
Description: Green spherical aggregates forming a coating on quartz
Status: The identification of this mineral has been determined only by Raman spectroscopy

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Unoriented sample

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R060867

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Sample Description:

Unoriented sample

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REFERENCES for Reichenbachite
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]
Anderson J B, Shoemaker G L, Kostiner E, Ruszala F A (1977) The crystal structure of synthetic Cu₅(PO₄)₂(OH)₄, a polymorph of pseudomalachite, American Mineralogist, 62, 115-121 [view file]
Sieber N H W, Tillmanns E, Medenbach O (1987) Hentschelite, CuFe₂(PO₄)₂(OH)₂, a new member of the lazulite group, and reichenbachite, Cu₅(PO₄)₂(OH)₄, a polymorph of pseudomalachite, two new copper phosphate minerals from Reichenbach, Germany, American Mineralogist, 72, 404-408 [view file]
Frost R L, Kloprogge T, Williams P A, Martens W, Johnson T E, Leverett P (2002) Vibrational spectroscopy of the basic copper phosphate minerals: pseudomalachite, ludjibaite and reichenbachite, Spectrochimica Acta Part A-Molecular and Biomolecular Spectroscopy, 58, 2861-2868 [link]
Frost R L, Williams P A, Martens W, Kloprogge J T, Leverett P (2002) Raman spectroscopy of the basic copper phosphate minerals cornetite, libethenite, pseudomalachite, reichenbachite and ludjibaite, Journal of Raman Spectroscopy, 33, 260-263 [link]
Martens W N, Frost R L, Williams P A (2003) The basic copper phosphate minerals pseudomalachite, ludjibaite and reichenbachite: an infrared emission and Raman spectroscopic study, Neues Jahrbuch für Mineralogie, Monatshefte, 2003, 337-362
Makovicky E (2019) The pseudomalachite-ludjibaite-reichenbachite conundrum: OD description, The Canadian Mineralogist, 57, 571-581

REFERENCES for Reichenbachite

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]

Anderson J B, Shoemaker G L, Kostiner E, Ruszala F A (1977) The crystal structure of synthetic Cu₅(PO₄)₂(OH)₄, a polymorph of pseudomalachite, American Mineralogist, 62, 115-121 [view file]

Sieber N H W, Tillmanns E, Medenbach O (1987) Hentschelite, CuFe₂(PO₄)₂(OH)₂, a new member of the lazulite group, and reichenbachite, Cu₅(PO₄)₂(OH)₄, a polymorph of pseudomalachite, two new copper phosphate minerals from Reichenbach, Germany, American Mineralogist, 72, 404-408 [view file]

Frost R L, Kloprogge T, Williams P A, Martens W, Johnson T E, Leverett P (2002) Vibrational spectroscopy of the basic copper phosphate minerals: pseudomalachite, ludjibaite and reichenbachite, Spectrochimica Acta Part A-Molecular and Biomolecular Spectroscopy, 58, 2861-2868 [link]

Frost R L, Williams P A, Martens W, Kloprogge J T, Leverett P (2002) Raman spectroscopy of the basic copper phosphate minerals cornetite, libethenite, pseudomalachite, reichenbachite and ludjibaite, Journal of Raman Spectroscopy, 33, 260-263 [link]

Martens W N, Frost R L, Williams P A (2003) The basic copper phosphate minerals pseudomalachite, ludjibaite and reichenbachite: an infrared emission and Raman spectroscopic study, Neues Jahrbuch für Mineralogie, Monatshefte, 2003, 337-362

Makovicky E (2019) The pseudomalachite-ludjibaite-reichenbachite conundrum: OD description, The Canadian Mineralogist, 57, 571-581