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MINERAL SPECIMEN CHARACTERIZATION REPORT

Sample: LMF1401112
Requested by Luis Burillo Minerales
Description:
Sample from Lily mine (Ica, Per). Complex intergrowth of dark green-blackish crystals
on drusy quartz. Difficult to define pseudorhombohedral or monoclinic symmetry.
Results:
Crystals were analysed using APXS and Raman spectrometry at 532 nm. APXS
showed copper as only major metal present. Raman spectrum shows characteristic
three peaks at high frequency (OH stretching) zone: 3443, 3362 and 3310 cm-1, a
characteristic feature that discards atacamite and suggests clinoatacamite. Other
indicative features are a quadruplet at 800-1000 cm-1 zone (hydroxyl deformation) and
mayor peaks at 518 and 369 cm-1 (O-Cu-O vibrations and Cl-Cu-Cl) vibrations.
Conclusion:
Clinoatacamite (Cu2(OH)3Cl)

Guadalajara (Spain), at Wednesday, January 23, 2014

Csar Menor Salvn, PhD

Analytical Chemist and Mineralogist

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Figure 1: Photomicrograph of the analysed crystals

Figure 2: Raman spectrum of the crystals depicted in figure 1

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References:
Chu S. et al. App. Phys. Letters (2011) 98: 092508.
Bertolotti G. et al. Anal. Bioanal. Chem. (2012) 402: 1451.
Martens WN. et al. Neues Jahrbuch fr Mineralogie (2003) 178:197.