Buttgenbachite

Buttgenbachite

Likasi Mine, Likasi, Haut-Katanga, DR Congo

Buttgenbachite

Great Australia Mine, Cloncurry, Cloncurry Shire, Queensland, Australia

Buttgenbachite, etc.

Cole Mine, Bisbee, Cochise County, Arizona, USA

Buttgenbachite

Likasi Mine, Likasi, Haut-Katanga, DR Congo

Buttgenbachite

Great Australia Mine, Cloncurry, Cloncurry Shire, Queensland, Australia

Buttgenbachite, etc.

Cole Mine, Bisbee, Cochise County, Arizona, USA

Buttgenbachite

Likasi Mine, Likasi, Haut-Katanga, DR Congo

Buttgenbachite

Great Australia Mine, Cloncurry, Cloncurry Shire, Queensland, Australia

About ButtgenbachiteHide

Henri J.F. Buttgenbach

Formula:

Cu₁₉(NO₃)₂(OH)₃₂Cl₄ · 2H₂O

Colour:

Deep blue; blue in transmitted light.

Lustre:

Vitreous

Hardness:

3

Crystal System:

Hexagonal

Name:

Named in 1925 by A. Schoep for Henri Buttgenbach (Verviers, Liège province, Belgium February 5, 1874 - Sint-Pieters-Woluwe, Brussels, April 29, 1964), a Belgian mineralogist. He worked in Congo, and from 1921 on was a professor at the University of Liège. He described several minerals and wrote 'Les minéraux de Belgique et de Congo Belge', a reference work.

Type Locality:

ⓘ Likasi Mine, Likasi, Haut-Katanga, DR Congo

Connellite-Buttgenbachite Series.

A very rare secondary copper mineral.

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Physical Properties of ButtgenbachiteHide

Optical Data of ButtgenbachiteHide

Type:

Uniaxial (+)

RI values:

n_ω = 1.738 n_ε = 1.752

Max Birefringence:

δ = 0.014

Image shows birefringence interference colour range (at 30µm thickness)
and does not take into account mineral colouration.

Surface Relief:

High

Pleochroism:

Non-pleochroic

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ID	Species	Reference	Link	Year	Locality	Pressure (GPa)	Temp (K)
0014460	Buttgenbachite	Fanfani L, Nunzi A, Zanazzi P F, Zanzari A R (1973) The crystal structure of buttgenbachite Mineralogical Magazine 39 264-270		1973	Likasi, Congo	0	293
0018302	Buttgenbachite	Hibbs D E, Leverett P, Williams P A (2003) A single crystal X-ray study of a sulphate-bearing buttgenbachite, Cu36Cl7.8(NO3)1.3(SO4)0.35(OH)62.2*5.2H2O, and a re-examination of the crystal chemistry of the buttgenbachite-connellite series Mineralogical Magazine 67 47-60		2003	Likasi, Democratic Republic of Congo	0	100
0018303	Buttgenbachite	Hibbs D E, Leverett P, Williams P A (2003) A single crystal X-ray study of a sulphate-bearing buttgenbachite, Cu36Cl7.8(NO3)1.3(SO4)0.35(OH)62.2.5.2H2O, and a re-examination of the crystal chemistry of the buttgenbachite-connellite series Mineralogical Magazine 67 47-60		2003	Likasi, Democratic Republic of Congo	0	288
0014920	Buttgenbachite	Hibbs D E, Leverett P, Williams P A (2002) Buttgenbachite from Bisbee, Arizona, USA: A single-crystal X-ray study Neues Jahrbuch fur Mineralogie, Monatshefte 2002 225-240		2002	Bisbee, Arizona, USA	0	293

CIF Raw Data - click here to closedata_global _chemical_name_mineral 'Buttgenbachite' loop_ _publ_author_name 'Fanfani L' 'Nunzi A' 'Zanazzi P F' 'Zanzari A R' _journal_name_full 'Mineralogical Magazine' _journal_volume 39 _journal_year 1973 _journal_page_first 264 _journal_page_last 270 _publ_section_title ; The crystal structure of buttgenbachite ; _database_code_amcsd 0014460 _chemical_compound_source 'Likasi, Congo' _chemical_formula_sum 'Cu18.3 Cl3.35 N1.3 O36.9 H33' _cell_length_a 15.750 _cell_length_b 15.750 _cell_length_c 9.161 _cell_angle_alpha 90 _cell_angle_beta 90 _cell_angle_gamma 120 _cell_volume 1968.043 _exptl_crystal_density_diffrn 3.246 _symmetry_space_group_name_H-M 'P 63/m m c' loop_ _space_group_symop_operation_xyz 'x,y,z' '-x,-x+y,1/2+z' 'x,x-y,1/2-z' '-x+y,-x,1/2-z' 'x-y,x,1/2+z' '-y,-x,z' 'y,x,-z' 'y,-x+y,-z' '-y,x-y,z' 'x-y,-y,1/2+z' '-x+y,y,1/2-z' 'x,y,1/2-z' '-x,-y,1/2+z' 'x,x-y,z' '-x,-x+y,-z' 'x-y,x,-z' '-x+y,-x,z' 'y,x,1/2+z' '-y,-x,1/2-z' '-y,x-y,1/2-z' 'y,-x+y,1/2+z' '-x+y,y,z' 'x-y,-y,-z' '-x,-y,-z' loop_ _atom_site_label _atom_site_fract_x _atom_site_fract_y _atom_site_fract_z _atom_site_occupancy _atom_site_U_iso_or_equiv Cu1 0.50000 0.00000 0.00000 1.00000 0.00912 Cu2 0.20120 0.00000 0.00000 1.00000 0.01102 Cu3 0.33520 0.16760 0.75000 1.00000 0.01039 Cu4 0.35890 0.01660 0.25000 1.00000 0.01229 Cu5 0.00000 0.00000 0.00000 0.30000 0.02989 Cl1 0.27640 0.13820 0.25000 1.00000 0.01444 Cl2 0.66667 0.33333 0.25000 0.35000 0.04673 N 0.66667 0.33333 0.05570 0.65000 0.05902 O-H1 0.45070 0.36970 0.08800 1.00000 0.01115 O-H2 0.07430 -0.07430 0.09610 1.00000 0.01532 O-H3 0.67440 0.74410 0.10940 1.00000 0.01456 O-H4 0.44540 0.55460 0.25000 1.00000 0.02381 Oa 0.71230 0.28770 0.07480 0.47000 0.03458 Ob 0.62270 0.37730 0.03350 0.18000 0.04496

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- This locality has map coordinates listed. - This locality has estimated coordinates. ⓘ - Click for references and further information on this occurrence. ? - Indicates mineral may be doubtful at this locality. - Good crystals or important locality for species. - World class for species or very significant. (TL) - Type Locality for a valid mineral species. (FRL) - First Recorded Locality for everything else (eg varieties). Struck out - Mineral was erroneously reported from this locality. Faded * - Never found at this locality but inferred to have existed at some point in the past (e.g. from pseudomorphs).

All localities listed without proper references should be considered as questionable.

Australia
Queensland Cloncurry Shire Cloncurry ⓘ Great Australia Mine	Handbook of Mineralogy Vol V
ⓘ B Tangye Lode	Sharpe et al. (2000)
DR Congo
Haut-Katanga Kambove Territory Kambove ⓘ M'sesa Mine	Lapis 17 (3)
Shinkolobwe ⓘ Shinkolobwe Mine ?	Deliens (1996)
Likasi ⓘ Likasi Mine (TL)	Palache et al. (1951) +2 other references
Lualaba ⓘ Tenke-Fungurume area	Personal communication from Jasun ...
ⓘ Tenke Mine	Joy Desor (Raman analysis) +1 other reference
Italy
Tuscany Livorno Province Campiglia Marittima Madonna di Fucinaia (Madonna della Fucinaia) slag heaps ⓘ Capattoli Valley slag locality	Francesco Bonotti Collection
Norway
Trøndelag Oppdal Dindalen ⓘ Tverrfjellet ?	Witsø (1995)
UK
England Cornwall St Just Botallack ⓘ Botallack Mine	Golley et al. (1995)
USA
Arizona Cochise County Bisbee ⓘ Cole Mine	Hibbs et al. (2006)
Tombstone Mining District Tombstone ⓘ Toughnut Mine	Hibbs et al. (2006)
Pima County Comobabi Mountains Cababi Mining District (Comobabi Mining District) Ko Vaya Mildren Mine group ⓘ Mildren Mine (Mildren claim; Mildred Mine)	Williams et al. (1963) +1 other reference
ⓘ Steppe Mine (Steppe claim; Little Mary Mine)	Williams et al. (1963) +1 other reference
Michigan Houghton County Calumet Township Centennial Heights ⓘ Centennial Mine	Morris Jr. (1983)
ⓘ No. 2 shaft	Rosemeyer (2007)
ⓘ No. 6 shaft	Heinrich et al. (2004)
Nevada Esmeralda County Coaldale Mining District ⓘ Unnamed prospect (3)	Castor et al. (2004)