R050583 - RRUFF Database: Raman, X-ray, Infrared, and Chemistry

Zincolivenite R050583

Name: Zincolivenite
RRUFF ID: R050583
Ideal Chemistry: CuZn(AsO₄)(OH)
Locality: Tsumeb mine, Tsumeb, Otavi District, Oshikoto, Namibia
Source: University of Arizona Mineral Museum 14754 [view label]
Owner: RRUFF
Description: Green crystals associated with keyite, R050585, and schultenite, R050584
Status: The identification of this mineral is confirmed by single-crystal X-ray diffraction and chemical analysis.

Mineral Group: [ Andalusite (17) ]

CHEMISTRY

RRUFF ID:	R050583.2
Sample Description:	Microprobe fragment
Measured Chemistry:	(Zn_1.04Cu_0.96)_Σ=2(As_1.00O₄)(OH)
Microprobe Data File:	[ Download Excel File ]

RAMAN SPECTRUM

RRUFF ID:

Sample Description:

Unoriented sample

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BROAD SCAN WITH SPECTRAL ARTIFACTS

RRUFF ID:

R050583

Wavelength:

Sample Description:

Unoriented sample

Instrument settings:

Thermo Almega XR 532nm @ 100% of 150mW

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POWDER DIFFRACTION

RRUFF ID:

R050583.9

Sample Description:

Single crystal, powder profile is calculated

Cell Refinement Output:

a: 8.509(3)Å b: 8.552(3)Å c: 5.924(2)Å
alpha: 90° beta: 90° gamma: 90° Volume: 431.1Å³ Crystal System: orthorhombic

File Type Information

Output file from the Bruker D8 Advance instrument. Includes device headers and XY data.

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	X-ray Data (XY - RAW)
	RRUFF File

REFERENCES for Zincolivenite
American Mineralogist Crystal Structure Database Record: [view record]
Toman K (1978) Ordering in olivenite-adamite solid solutions, Acta Crystallographica, B34, 715-721
Chisholm J E (1985) Cation segregation and the O-H stretching vibration of the olivenite-adamite series, Physics and Chemistry of Minerals, 12, 185-190
Chukanov N V, Pushcharovsky D Y, Zubkova N V, Pekov I V, Pasero M, Merlino S, Möckel S, Rabadanov M Kh, Belakovskiy D I (2007) Zincolivenite CuZn(AsO₄)(OH): a new adamite-group mineral with ordered distribution of Cu and Zn, Doklady Earth Sciences, 415A, 841-845 [view file]
Braithwaite R S W, Green D I, Tindle A G (2009) The distribution and composition of adamite and zincolivenite in Britian and Ireland, Journal of the Russell Society, 12, 3-9
Mauro D, Biagioni C, Sejkora J, Dolníček Z (2023) Occurrence and crystal chemistry of austinite, conichalcite and zincolivenite from the Peloritani Mountains, northeastern Sicily, Italy, Mineralogical Magazine, 87, 659-669

REFERENCES for Zincolivenite

American Mineralogist Crystal Structure Database Record: [view record]

Toman K (1978) Ordering in olivenite-adamite solid solutions, Acta Crystallographica, B34, 715-721

Chisholm J E (1985) Cation segregation and the O-H stretching vibration of the olivenite-adamite series, Physics and Chemistry of Minerals, 12, 185-190

Chukanov N V, Pushcharovsky D Y, Zubkova N V, Pekov I V, Pasero M, Merlino S, Möckel S, Rabadanov M Kh, Belakovskiy D I (2007) Zincolivenite CuZn(AsO₄)(OH): a new adamite-group mineral with ordered distribution of Cu and Zn, Doklady Earth Sciences, 415A, 841-845 [view file]

Braithwaite R S W, Green D I, Tindle A G (2009) The distribution and composition of adamite and zincolivenite in Britian and Ireland, Journal of the Russell Society, 12, 3-9

Mauro D, Biagioni C, Sejkora J, Dolníček Z (2023) Occurrence and crystal chemistry of austinite, conichalcite and zincolivenite from the Peloritani Mountains, northeastern Sicily, Italy, Mineralogical Magazine, 87, 659-669