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Great Australia Mine, Cloncurry, Cloncurry District, Mount Isa - Cloncurry area, Queensland, Australia
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Formula:
Cu
 
4
BrF(OH)
 
6
System:Hexagonal
Isostructural with:Claringbullite, Fejerite
This page provides mineralogical data about Barlowite.

Classification of Barlowite

IMA status:Approved 2010
Nickel-Strunz 10th (pending) edition ID:3.DA.15

3 : HALIDES
D : Oxyhalides, hydroxyhalides and related double halides
A : With Cu, etc., without Pb
Dana 8th edition ID:10.5.6.2

10 : OXYHALIDES AND HYDROXYHALIDES
5 : Am(O,OH)pXq
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Type Occurrence of Barlowite

Type Locality:Great Australia Mine, Cloncurry, Cloncurry District, Mount Isa - Cloncurry area, Queensland, Australia
Place of Conservation of Type Material:South Australian Museum, Adelaide, South Australia, Australia, reg. no. G17449

Crystallography of Barlowite

Crystal System:Hexagonal
Class (H-M):6/mmm (6/m 2/m 2/m) - Dihexagonal Dipyramidal
Space Group:P63/mmc {P63/m 2/m 2/c}
Space Group Setting:P63/mmc
Cell Parameters:a = 6.6786(2) Å, c = 9.2744(3) Å
Ratio:a:c = 1 : 1.389
Unit Cell Volume:V 358.25 ų (Calculated from Unit Cell)
X-Ray Powder Diffraction:
d-spacingIntensity
5.790 (100)
3.338 (15)
2.889 (40)
2.759 (15)
2.707 (55)
2.452 (40)
1.778 (20)
1.668 (30)
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Chemical Properties of Barlowite

Formula:
Cu
 
4
BrF(OH)
 
6
Essential elements:Br, Cu, F, H, O
All elements listed in formula:Br, Cu, F, H, O

Relationship of Barlowite to other Species

Related Minerals - Nickel-Strunz Grouping):

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3.DA.05Melanothallite
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2
Cl
 
2
O
3.DA.10aAtacamite
Cu
 
2
(OH)
 
3
Cl
3.DA.10bBotallackite
Cu
 
2
(OH)
 
3
Cl
3.DA.10bClinoatacamite
Cu
 
2
(OH)
 
3
Cl
3.DA.10aHibbingite
Fe
2+
2
(OH)
 
3
Cl
3.DA.10aKempite
Mn
2+
2
(OH)
 
3
Cl
3.DA.10cParatacamite
Cu
 
3
(Cu,Zn)(OH)
 
6
Cl
 
2
3.DA.10bBelloite
Cu(OH)Cl
3.DA.10cHerbertsmithite
Cu
 
3
Zn(OH)
 
6
Cl
 
2
3.DA.10cKapellasite
Cu
 
3
Zn(OH)
 
6
Cl
 
2
3.DA.10cGillardite
Cu
 
3
Ni(OH)
 
6
Cl
 
2
3.DA.10cHaydeeite
Cu
 
3
Mg(OH)
 
6
Cl
 
2
3.DA.10dAnatacamite
Cu
 
2
Cl(OH)
 
3
3.DA.15Claringbullite
Cu
 
4
(OH)
 
7
Cl · nH
 
2
O
3.DA.20Simonkolleite
Zn
 
5
Cl
 
2
(OH)
 
8
 · H
 
2
O
3.DA.25Buttgenbachite
Cu
 
19
(NO
 
3
)
 
2
(OH)
 
32
Cl
 
4
 · 2H
 
2
O
3.DA.25Connellite
Cu
 
19
(SO
 
4
)(OH)
 
32
Cl
 
4
 · 3H
 
2
O
3.DA.30Abhurite
Sn
 
21
Cl
 
16
(OH)
 
14
O
 
6
3.DA.35Ponomarevite
K
 
4
Cu
 
4
Cl
 
10
O
3.DA.40Anthonyite
Cu(OH,Cl)
 
2
 · 3H
 
2
O
3.DA.40Calumetite
Cu(OH,Cl)
 
2
 · 2H
 
2
O
3.DA.45Khaidarkanite
Na
 
0.34
Cu
 
4
Al
 
3
(OH)
 
14
F
 
3
 · 2H
 
2
O
3.DA.50Bobkingite
Cu
 
5
Cl
 
2
(OH)
 
8
 · 2H
 
2
O
3.DA.55Avdoninite
K
 
2
Cu
 
5
(OH)
 
4
Cl
 
8
 · H
 
2
O
3.DA.60Droninoite
Ni
 
6
Fe
2+
3
(OH)
 
16
Cl
 
2
 · 4H
 
2
O

Other Names for Barlowite

Synonyms:
IMA2010-020
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Other Information

Health Warning:No information on health risks for this material has been entered into the database. You should always treat mineral specimens with care.

References for Barlowite

Reference List:

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Elliott, P. and Cooper, M.A. (2010). Barlowite, IMA 2010-020. CNMNC Newsletter, August 2010, p.798, Mineralogical Magazine 74, 797-800.

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    		Elliott, P. and Cooper, M.A. (2010). Barlowite, IMA 2010-020. CNMNC Newsletter, August 2010, p.798, Mineralogical Magazine 74, 797-800.
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