New data for boothite, CuSO4.7H2O, from Burraga, New South Wales

Peter Leverett; Adam R. McKinnon; Peter A. Williams

New data for boothite, CuSO4.7H2O, from Burraga, New South Wales

Peter Leverett, Adam R. McKinnon, Peter A. Williams

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Abstract

The ephemeral sulphate boothite, ideally CuSO4.7H20, has been collected from a tailings dump at the Lloyd copper mine at Burraga, New South Wales. Analysis of divalent metals by atomic absorption spectroscopy gave a formula of (Cu0.860Mg0.072Zn0.055Mn0.0l0Co0.003)Ã¢Ë†â€˜1.000S04Ãƒâ€šÃ‚Â·7H20. A trace of Fe was also present. Powder X-ray diffraction data for boothite are reported for the first time. Refined unit cell constants are a = 14.190(10), b = 6.537(2), c = 10.825(6) ÃƒÆ’Ã‚Æ’Ãƒâ€šÃ‚â€¦, a = 106.02(5)Ãƒâ€šÃ‚Â° (monoclinic, spacegroup P21/c). The mineral dehydrates spontaneously to chalcanthite, ideally CuS04.5H20, over several days.

Original language	English
Number of pages	4
Journal	Australian Journal of Mineralogy
Publication status	Published - 2004

Keywords

Burraga (N.S.W.)
X-ray crystallography
boothite
copper mines and mining
ferrous sulfate
minerals

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New data for boothite, CuSO4.7H2O, from Burraga, New South Wales

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