R050015 - RRUFF Database: Raman, X-ray, Infrared, and Chemistry

Pyromorphite R050015

Name: Pyromorphite
RRUFF ID: R050015
Ideal Chemistry: Pb₅(PO₄)₃Cl
Locality: Bunker Hill mine, Shoshone County, Idaho, USA
Source: Eugene Schlepp
Owner: RRUFF
Description: Yellowish green prismatic hexagonal single crystals
Status: The identification of this mineral has been confirmed by X-ray diffraction and chemical analysis

Mineral Group: [ Apatite (56) ]

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CHEMISTRY

RRUFF ID:	R050015.2
Sample Description:	Microprobe fragment
Measured Chemistry:	Pb_5.00((P_0.88As_0.12)O₄)₃Cl_1.00

RAMAN SPECTRUM

RRUFF ID:

Pin ID:

M00344

Orientation:

Laser parallel to -a* (-1 0 0). Fiducial mark perpendicular to laser is parallel to -c [0 0 -1].

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BROAD SCAN WITH SPECTRAL ARTIFACTS

RRUFF ID:

R050015

Wavelength:

Sample Description:

Unoriented sample

Instrument settings:

Thermo Almega XR 532nm @ 100% of 150mW

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INFRARED SPECTRUM (Attenuated Total Reflectance)

RRUFF ID:

R050015.1

Instrument settings:

SensIR Durascope on a Nicolet Magna 860 FTIR

Resolution:

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POWDER DIFFRACTION

RRUFF ID:

R050015.1

Sample Description:

Powder

Cell Refinement Output:

a: 10.0268(3)Å b: 10.0268(3)Å c: 7.3607(3)Å
alpha: 90.° beta: 90.° gamma: 120.° Volume: 640.89(4)Å³ Crystal System: hexagonal

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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REFERENCES for Pyromorphite
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]
Hausmann J F L (1813) Polychrom. 1. Pyromorphit, in Handbuch der Mineralogie Göttingen 1090-1096 [view file]
Shannon E V (1917) Crystals of pyromorphite, American Journal of Science, 43, 325-327 [view file]
Dai Y, Hughes J M (1989) Crystal-structure refinements of vanadinite and pyromorphite, The Canadian Mineralogist, 27, 189-192 [view file]
Hashimoto H, Matsumoto T (1998) Structure refinements of two natural pyromorphites, Pb₅(PO₄)₃Cl, and crystal chemistry of chlorapatite group, Zeitschrift für Kristallographie, 213, 585-590
Shannon R D, Shannon R C, Medenbach O, Fischer R X (2002) Refractive index and dispersion of fluorides and oxides, Journal of Physical and Chemical Reference Data, 31, 931-970 [view file]
Frost R L, Crane M, Williams P A, Kloprogge J T (2003) Isomorphic substitution in vanadinite [Pb₅(VO₄)₃Cl] - a Raman spectroscopic study, Journal of Raman Spectroscopy, 34, 214-220
Plášil J, Sejkora J, Čejka J, Škoda R, Goliáš V (2009) Supergene mineralization of the Medvedín uranium deposit, Krkonoše Mountains, Czech Republic, Journal of Geosciences, 54, 15-56
Flis J, Manecki M, Bajda T (2011) Solubility of pyromorphite Pb₅(PO₄)₃Cl - mimetite Pb₅(AsO₄)₃Cl solid solution series, Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta, 75, 1858-1868
Mills S J, Ferraris G, Kampf A R, Favreau G (2012) Twinning in pyromorphite: The first documented occurrence of twinning by merohedry in the apatite supergroup, American Mineralogist, 97, 415-418 [view file]
Okudera H (2013) Relationships among channel typology and atomic displacements in the structures of Pb₅(BO₄)₃Cl with B = P (pyromorphite), V (vanadinite), and As (mimetite), American Mineralogist, 98, 1573-1579
Baikie R, Schreyer M, Wei F, Herrin J S, Ferraris C, Brink F, Topolska J, Piltz R O, Price J, White T J (2014) The influence of stereochemically active lone-pair electrons on crystal symmetry and twist angles in lead apatite-2H type structures, Mineralogical Magazine, 78, 325-345
Kolitsch U, Rieck B, Brandstätter F, Schreiber F, Fabritz K, Blaß G, Gröbner J (2014) Neufunde aus dem alten Bergbau und den Schlacken von Lavrion (I), Mineralien Welt, 1, 60-75
Markl G, Marks M A W, Holzäpfel J, Wenzel T (2014) Major, minor, and trace element composition of pyromorphite-group minerals as recorder of supergene weathering processes from the Schwarzwald mining district, SW Germany, American Mineralogist, 99, 1133-1146
Kei M F, Markl G (2015) Weathering of galena: mineralogical processes, hydrogeochemical fluid path modeling, and estimation of the growth rate of pyromorphite, American Mineralogist, 100, 1584-1594
Epp T, Marks M A W, Ludwig T, Kendrick M A, Eby N, Neidhardt H, Oelmann Y, Markl G (2019) Crystallographic and fluid compositional effects on the halogen (Cl, F, Br, I) incorporation in pyromorphite-group minerals, American Mineralogist, 104, 1673-1688

REFERENCES for Pyromorphite

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]

Hausmann J F L (1813) Polychrom. 1. Pyromorphit, in Handbuch der Mineralogie Göttingen 1090-1096 [view file]

Shannon E V (1917) Crystals of pyromorphite, American Journal of Science, 43, 325-327 [view file]

Dai Y, Hughes J M (1989) Crystal-structure refinements of vanadinite and pyromorphite, The Canadian Mineralogist, 27, 189-192 [view file]

Hashimoto H, Matsumoto T (1998) Structure refinements of two natural pyromorphites, Pb₅(PO₄)₃Cl, and crystal chemistry of chlorapatite group, Zeitschrift für Kristallographie, 213, 585-590

Shannon R D, Shannon R C, Medenbach O, Fischer R X (2002) Refractive index and dispersion of fluorides and oxides, Journal of Physical and Chemical Reference Data, 31, 931-970 [view file]

Frost R L, Crane M, Williams P A, Kloprogge J T (2003) Isomorphic substitution in vanadinite [Pb₅(VO₄)₃Cl] - a Raman spectroscopic study, Journal of Raman Spectroscopy, 34, 214-220

Plášil J, Sejkora J, Čejka J, Škoda R, Goliáš V (2009) Supergene mineralization of the Medvedín uranium deposit, Krkonoše Mountains, Czech Republic, Journal of Geosciences, 54, 15-56

Flis J, Manecki M, Bajda T (2011) Solubility of pyromorphite Pb₅(PO₄)₃Cl - mimetite Pb₅(AsO₄)₃Cl solid solution series, Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta, 75, 1858-1868

Mills S J, Ferraris G, Kampf A R, Favreau G (2012) Twinning in pyromorphite: The first documented occurrence of twinning by merohedry in the apatite supergroup, American Mineralogist, 97, 415-418 [view file]

Okudera H (2013) Relationships among channel typology and atomic displacements in the structures of Pb₅(BO₄)₃Cl with B = P (pyromorphite), V (vanadinite), and As (mimetite), American Mineralogist, 98, 1573-1579

Baikie R, Schreyer M, Wei F, Herrin J S, Ferraris C, Brink F, Topolska J, Piltz R O, Price J, White T J (2014) The influence of stereochemically active lone-pair electrons on crystal symmetry and twist angles in lead apatite-2H type structures, Mineralogical Magazine, 78, 325-345

Kolitsch U, Rieck B, Brandstätter F, Schreiber F, Fabritz K, Blaß G, Gröbner J (2014) Neufunde aus dem alten Bergbau und den Schlacken von Lavrion (I), Mineralien Welt, 1, 60-75

Markl G, Marks M A W, Holzäpfel J, Wenzel T (2014) Major, minor, and trace element composition of pyromorphite-group minerals as recorder of supergene weathering processes from the Schwarzwald mining district, SW Germany, American Mineralogist, 99, 1133-1146

Kei M F, Markl G (2015) Weathering of galena: mineralogical processes, hydrogeochemical fluid path modeling, and estimation of the growth rate of pyromorphite, American Mineralogist, 100, 1584-1594

Epp T, Marks M A W, Ludwig T, Kendrick M A, Eby N, Neidhardt H, Oelmann Y, Markl G (2019) Crystallographic and fluid compositional effects on the halogen (Cl, F, Br, I) incorporation in pyromorphite-group minerals, American Mineralogist, 104, 1673-1688