R060593 - RRUFF Database: Raman, X-ray, Infrared, and Chemistry

Adamite R060593

Name: Adamite
RRUFF ID: R060593
Ideal Chemistry: Zn₂(AsO₄)(OH)
Locality: Tsumeb mine, Tsumeb, Otavi District, Oshikoto, Namibia
Source: Michael Scott S100793 [view label]
Owner: Michael Scott
Description: Bluish-green prismatic crystals
Status: The identification of this mineral has been confirmed by X-ray diffraction and chemical analysis

Mineral Group: [ Andalusite (17) ]

Quick search: [ All Adamite samples (3) ]

CHEMISTRY

RRUFF ID:	R060593.2
Sample Description:	Microprobe Fragment
Measured Chemistry:	(Zn_1.65Cu_0.35)_Σ=2(As_1.00O₄)(OH) ; H not measured but estimated by difference and stoichiometry
Microprobe Data File:	[ Download Excel File ]

RAMAN SPECTRUM

RRUFF ID:

Sample Description:

Unoriented Raman on the primary sample

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BROAD SCAN WITH SPECTRAL ARTIFACTS

RRUFF ID:

R060593

Wavelength:

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:

R060593.1

Sample Description:

Powder

Cell Refinement Output:

a: 8.390(2)Å b: 8.536(2)Å c: 6.020(2)Å
alpha: 90° beta: 90° gamma: 90° Volume: 431.18(7)Å³ Crystal System: orthorhombic

File Type Information

Calculated diffraction file.

File Type Information

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

File Type Information

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

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	Cell Refinement Data
	Cell Refinement Output Data
	DIF File
	X-ray Data (XY - Processed)
	RRUFF File
	X-ray Data (XY - RAW)
	RRUFF File

REFERENCES for Adamite
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]
Friedel C, Daubrée G A (1866) Sur l‘adamine, nouvelle espèce minérale, Comptes Rendus Hebdomadaires des Séances de l'Académie des Sciences, 62, 692-695 [view file]
Richmond W E (1940) Crystal chemistry of the phosphates, arsenates and vanadates of the type A₂XO₄(Z), American Mineralogist, 25, 441-478 [view file]
Mrose M E, Mayers D E, Wise F A (1948) Adamite from the Ojuela Mine, Mapimi, Mexico, American Mineralogist, 33, 449-457
Sumin de Portilla V I (1974) Infrared spectroscopic investigation of the structure of some natural arsenates and the nature of H-bonds in their structures, The Canadian Mineralogist, 12, 262-268 [view file]
Hawthorne F C (1976) A refinement of the crystal structure of adamite, The Canadian Mineralogist, 14, 143-148 [view file]
Hill R J (1976) The crystal structure and infrared properties of adamite, American Mineralogist, 61, 979-986 [view file]
Kato T, Miura Y (1977) The crystal structures of adamite and paradamite, Mineralogical Journal, 8, 320-328 [view file]
Toman K (1978) Ordering in olivenite-adamite solid solutions, Acta Crystallographica, B34, 715-721
Braithwaite R S W (1983) Infrared spectroscopic analysis of the olivenite-adamite series, and of phosphate substitution in olivenite, Mineralogical Magazine, 47, 51-57 [view file]
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
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
Jinnouchi S, Yoshiasa A, Sugiyama K, Shimura R, Arima H, Momma H, Miyawaki R (2016) Crystal structure refinements of legrandite, adamite, and paradamite: The complex structure and characteristic hydrogen bonding network of legrandite, Journal of Mineralogical and Petrological Sciences, 111, 35-43
Zema M, Tarantino S C, Boiocchi M, Callegari A M (2016) Crystal structure of adamite at high temperature, Mineralogical Magazine, 80, 901-914

REFERENCES for Adamite

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]

Friedel C, Daubrée G A (1866) Sur l‘adamine, nouvelle espèce minérale, Comptes Rendus Hebdomadaires des Séances de l'Académie des Sciences, 62, 692-695 [view file]

Richmond W E (1940) Crystal chemistry of the phosphates, arsenates and vanadates of the type A₂XO₄(Z), American Mineralogist, 25, 441-478 [view file]

Mrose M E, Mayers D E, Wise F A (1948) Adamite from the Ojuela Mine, Mapimi, Mexico, American Mineralogist, 33, 449-457

Sumin de Portilla V I (1974) Infrared spectroscopic investigation of the structure of some natural arsenates and the nature of H-bonds in their structures, The Canadian Mineralogist, 12, 262-268 [view file]

Hawthorne F C (1976) A refinement of the crystal structure of adamite, The Canadian Mineralogist, 14, 143-148 [view file]

Hill R J (1976) The crystal structure and infrared properties of adamite, American Mineralogist, 61, 979-986 [view file]

Kato T, Miura Y (1977) The crystal structures of adamite and paradamite, Mineralogical Journal, 8, 320-328 [view file]

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

Braithwaite R S W (1983) Infrared spectroscopic analysis of the olivenite-adamite series, and of phosphate substitution in olivenite, Mineralogical Magazine, 47, 51-57 [view file]

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

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

Jinnouchi S, Yoshiasa A, Sugiyama K, Shimura R, Arima H, Momma H, Miyawaki R (2016) Crystal structure refinements of legrandite, adamite, and paradamite: The complex structure and characteristic hydrogen bonding network of legrandite, Journal of Mineralogical and Petrological Sciences, 111, 35-43

Zema M, Tarantino S C, Boiocchi M, Callegari A M (2016) Crystal structure of adamite at high temperature, Mineralogical Magazine, 80, 901-914