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Haydeeite

A valid IMA mineral species

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Haydeeite, etc.

Haydee Mine, Salar Grande, Iquique Province, Tarapacá, Chile

Haydeeite, etc.

Haydee Mine, Salar Grande, Iquique Province, Tarapacá, Chile

Haydeeite, etc.

Haydee Mine, Salar Grande, Iquique Province, Tarapacá, Chile

Haydeeite, etc.

Haydee Mine, Salar Grande, Iquique Province, Tarapacá, Chile

Haydeeite, etc.

Haydee Mine, Salar Grande, Iquique Province, Tarapacá, Chile

Haydeeite, etc.

Haydee Mine, Salar Grande, Iquique Province, Tarapacá, Chile

Haydeeite, etc.

Haydee Mine, Salar Grande, Iquique Province, Tarapacá, Chile

Haydeeite, etc.

Haydee Mine, Salar Grande, Iquique Province, Tarapacá, Chile

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About HaydeeiteHide

Formula:

Cu₃Mg(OH)₆Cl₂

Colour:

Bluish green

Lustre:

Vitreous

Hardness:

Specific Gravity:

3.27

Crystal System:

Trigonal

Member of:

Atacamite Group

Name:

Named for the type locality, Haydee mine, Atacama, Chile.

Type Locality:

ⓘ Haydee Mine, Salar Grande, Iquique Province, Tarapacá, Chile

Isostructural with:

Kapellasite

Atacamite Group.
The Mg analogue of kapellasite.

Unique IdentifiersHide

Mindat ID:

31500

Long-form identifier:

mindat:1:1:31500:5

GUID
(UUID V4):

bf6aa34b-d2eb-4e03-9118-0b170a8f82a8

IMA Classification of HaydeeiteHide

IMA status:

Approved

Approval year:

2006

First published:

2007

Type description reference:

Schlüter, J., Malcherek, T. (2007): Haydeeite,Cu3MgCl2(OH)6, a new mineral from the Haydee mine, Salar Grande, Atacama desert, Chile. Neues Jahrbuch für Mineralogie, Abhandlungen, 184, 39-42.

Classification of HaydeeiteHide

Strunz-mindat (2024):

3.DA.10c

3 : HALIDES
D : Oxyhalides, hydroxyhalides and related double halides
A : With Cu, etc., without Pb

Dana 8th ed.:

10.1.2.5

10 : OXYHALIDES AND HYDROXYHALIDES
1 : A₂(O,OH)₃X_q

Mineral SymbolsHide

As of 2021 there are now IMA–CNMNC approved mineral symbols (abbreviations) for each mineral species, useful for tables and diagrams.

Symbol	Source	Reference
Hyd	IMA–CNMNC	Warr, L.N. (2021). IMA–CNMNC approved mineral symbols. Mineralogical Magazine, 85(3), 291-320. doi:10.1180/mgm.2021.43

Physical Properties of HaydeeiteHide

Lustre:

Vitreous

Transparency:

Transparent

Colour:

Bluish green

Streak:

Bright greenish blue

Hardness:

2 on Mohs scale

Hardness:

VHN₂₅=57.8 kg/mm² - Vickers

Hardness Data:

Measured

Tenacity:

Brittle

Cleavage:

Perfect
{0001} perfect

Fracture:

Irregular/Uneven

Density:

3.27(1) g/cm³ (Measured) 3.24 g/cm³ (Calculated)

Comment:

Measured by floating method with methyl iodide.

Optical Data of HaydeeiteHide

Type:

Uniaxial (-)

RI values:

n_ω = 1.753(5) n_ε = 1.710(5)

Birefringence:

0.043

Max Birefringence:

δ = 0.043

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

Surface Relief:

High

Chemistry of HaydeeiteHide

Mindat Formula:

Cu₃Mg(OH)₆Cl₂

Elements listed:

Cl, Cu, H, Mg, O - search for minerals with similar chemistry

Crystallography of HaydeeiteHide

Crystal System:

Trigonal

Class (H-M):

3m (3 2/m) - Hexagonal Scalenohedral

Space Group:

P3m1

Cell Parameters:

a = 6.2733(4) Å, c = 5.7472(5) Å

Ratio:

a:c = 1 : 0.916

Unit Cell V:

195.88 Å³

Morphology:

Type material displays the forms {0001}, {1010}, and {1011}.

Twinning:

None observed

Crystal StructureHide

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ID	Species	Reference	Link	Year	Locality	Pressure (GPa)	Temp (K)
0009948	Haydeeite	Malcherek T, Schluter J (2007) Cu3MgCl2(OH)6 and the bond-valence parameters of the OH-Cl bond Acta Crystallographica B63 157-160		2007	Haydee mine, Salar Grande, Atacama desert, Chile	0	293

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_journal_name_full 'Acta Crystallographica, Section B'
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_publ_section_title
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 Cu3MgCl2(OH)6 and the bond-valence parameters of the OH-Cl bond
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_database_code_amcsd 0009948
_chemical_compound_source 'Haydee mine, Salar Grande, Atacama desert, Chile'
_chemical_formula_sum 'Cu3 Mg Cl2 O6 H6'
_cell_length_a 6.2733
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_cell_length_c 5.7472
_cell_angle_alpha 90
_cell_angle_beta 90
_cell_angle_gamma 120
_cell_volume 195.875
_exptl_crystal_density_diffrn      3.288
_symmetry_space_group_name_H-M 'P -3 m 1'
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Cu   0.50000   0.00000   0.00000   0.01182
Mg   0.00000   0.00000   0.00000   0.00980
Cl   0.66667   0.33333   0.36355   0.01681
O   0.64810   0.82405   0.15579   0.01160
H   0.20300   0.79700   0.28300   0.02500
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Cu 0.00846 0.00999 0.01751 0.00499 0.00094 0.00187
Mg 0.00690 0.00690 0.01560 0.00346 0.00000 0.00000
Cl 0.01819 0.01819 0.01410 0.00910 0.00000 0.00000
O 0.01140 0.01000 0.01380 0.00572 0.00090 0.00044

X-Ray Powder DiffractionHide

Powder Diffraction Data:

d-spacing	Intensity
5.745 Å	(100)
2.872 Å	(17)
2.54 Å	(1)
2.455 Å	(2)
1.972 Å	(1)
1.915 Å	(9)
1.565 Å	(1)
1.437 Å	(1)

Comments:

Due to the platy nature of the mineral, the powder X-ray diffraction pattern is strongly affected by preferred orientation effects and thus does not match well the calculated pattern.

Geological EnvironmentHide

Paragenetic Mode(s):

Paragenetic Mode	Earliest Age (Ga)
Stage 7: Great Oxidation Event	<2.4
47a : [Near-surface hydration of prior minerals]
47g : [Halogen-bearing surface weathering minerals]

Type Occurrence of HaydeeiteHide

Type Locality:

ⓘ Haydee Mine, Salar Grande, Iquique Province, Tarapacá, Chile

Place of Conservation of Type Material:

Mineralogical Museum, University of Hamburg, Germany.

Geological Setting of Type Material:

Underground in a fracture bound copper mine.

Associated Minerals at Type Locality:

Reference:

Schlüter, J., Malcherek, T. (2007): Haydeeite,Cu3MgCl2(OH)6, a new mineral from the Haydee mine, Salar Grande, Atacama desert, Chile. Neues Jahrbuch für Mineralogie, Abhandlungen, 184, 39-42.

Synonyms of HaydeeiteHide

IMA2006-046

Other Language Names for HaydeeiteHide

Simplified Chinese:氯羟镁铜石

Relationship of Haydeeite to other SpeciesHide

Member of:

Atacamite Group

Other Members of this group:

Atacamite	Cu₂(OH)₃Cl	Orth. mmm (2/m 2/m 2/m) : Pnma
Botallackite	Cu₂(OH)₃Cl	Mon. 2/m : P2₁/m
Clinoatacamite	Cu₂(OH)₃Cl	Mon. 2/m
Gillardite	Cu₃Ni(OH)₆Cl₂	Trig. 3m (3 2/m) : R3m
Herbertsmithite	Cu₃Zn(OH)₆Cl₂	Trig. 3m (3 2/m) : R3m
Hibbingite	Fe²⁺₂(OH)₃Cl	Orth. mmm (2/m 2/m 2/m) : Pnma
Iyoite	MnCuCl(OH)₃	Mon. 2/m : P2₁/m
Kapellasite	Cu₃Zn(OH)₆Cl₂	Trig. 3m (3 2/m) : P3m1
Kempite	Mn²⁺₂(OH)₃Cl	Orth. mmm (2/m 2/m 2/m) : Pnma
Leverettite	Cu₃Co(OH)₆Cl₂	Trig. 3 : R3
Misakiite	Cu₃Mn(OH)₆Cl₂	Trig. 3m (3 2/m) : P3m1
Paratacamite	Cu₃(Cu,Zn)(OH)₆Cl₂	Trig. 3 : R3
Paratacamite-(Mg)	Cu₃(Mg,Cu)(OH)₆Cl₂	Trig. 3 : R3
Paratacamite-(Ni)	Cu₃(Ni,Cu)(OH)₆Cl₂	Trig. 3 : R3
Tondiite	Cu₃Mg(OH)₆Cl₂	Trig. 3m (3 2/m) : R3m
Unnamed (Cu-Zn Chloride Hydroxide)	CuZnCl(OH)₃	Mon. 2/m : P2₁/m

Common AssociatesHide

Associated Minerals Based on Photo Data:

19 photos of Haydeeite associated with Atacamite	Cu₂(OH)₃Cl
1 photo of Haydeeite associated with Gypsum	CaSO₄ · 2H₂O
1 photo of Haydeeite associated with Caracolite	Na₃Pb₂(SO₄)₃Cl

Related Minerals - Strunz-mindat Grouping Hide

3.DA.	Centennialite	CaCu₃Cl₂(OH)₆ · nH₂O (n ~ 0.7)	Trig. 3m (3 2/m) : P3m1
3.DA.	Muonionalustaite	Ni₃(OH)₄Cl₂ · 4H₂O	Mon. 2/m : B2/m
3.DA.	Parahibbingite	Fe₂(OH)₃Cl	Trig. 3m (3 2/m) : R3m
3.DA.	Bounahasite	Cu⁺Cu²⁺₂(OH)₃Cl₂	Mon. 2/m
3.DA.05	Melanothallite	Cu₂Cl₂O	Orth. mmm (2/m 2/m 2/m) : Fddd
3.DA.10a	Atacamite	Cu₂(OH)₃Cl	Orth. mmm (2/m 2/m 2/m) : Pnma
3.DA.10b	Botallackite	Cu₂(OH)₃Cl	Mon. 2/m : P2₁/m
3.DA.10b	Clinoatacamite	Cu₂(OH)₃Cl	Mon. 2/m
3.DA.10a	Hibbingite	Fe²⁺₂(OH)₃Cl	Orth. mmm (2/m 2/m 2/m) : Pnma
3.DA.10a	Kempite	Mn²⁺₂(OH)₃Cl	Orth. mmm (2/m 2/m 2/m) : Pnma
3.DA.10c	Kuliginite	Fe₃Mg(OH)₆Cl₂	Trig. 3 : R3
3.DA.10c	Paratacamite	Cu₃(Cu,Zn)(OH)₆Cl₂	Trig. 3 : R3
3.DA.10b	Belloite	Cu(OH)Cl	Mon. 2/m : P2₁/b
3.DA.10c	Herbertsmithite	Cu₃Zn(OH)₆Cl₂	Trig. 3m (3 2/m) : R3m
3.DA.10c	Kapellasite	Cu₃Zn(OH)₆Cl₂	Trig. 3m (3 2/m) : P3m1
3.DA.10c	Gillardite	Cu₃Ni(OH)₆Cl₂	Trig. 3m (3 2/m) : R3m
3.DA.10c	Leverettite	Cu₃Co(OH)₆Cl₂	Trig. 3 : R3
3.DA.10c	Paratacamite-(Ni)	Cu₃(Ni,Cu)(OH)₆Cl₂	Trig. 3 : R3
3.DA.10c	Tondiite	Cu₃Mg(OH)₆Cl₂	Trig. 3m (3 2/m) : R3m
3.DA.10c	Misakiite	Cu₃Mn(OH)₆Cl₂	Trig. 3m (3 2/m) : P3m1
3.DA.10b	Iyoite	MnCuCl(OH)₃	Mon. 2/m : P2₁/m
3.DA.10b	Unnamed (Cu-Zn Chloride Hydroxide)	CuZnCl(OH)₃	Mon. 2/m : P2₁/m
3.DA.15	Claringbullite	Cu₄ClF(OH)₆	Hex. 6/mmm (6/m 2/m 2/m) : P6₃/mmc
3.DA.15	Barlowite	Cu₄BrF(OH)₆	Hex. 6/mmm (6/m 2/m 2/m) : P6₃/mmc
3.DA.20	Simonkolleite	Zn₅Cl₂(OH)₈ · H₂O	Trig. 3m (3 2/m) : P3m1
3.DA.25	Buttgenbachite	Cu₁₉(NO₃)₂(OH)₃₂Cl₄ · 2H₂O	Hex. 6/mmm (6/m 2/m 2/m) : P6₃/mmc
3.DA.25	Connellite	Cu₁₉(SO₄)(OH)₃₂Cl₄ · 3H₂O	Hex. 6 m2 : P6₂c
3.DA.30	Abhurite	Sn₂₁Cl₁₆(OH)₁₄O₆	Trig. 3 2 : R3 2
3.DA.35	Ponomarevite	K₄Cu₄Cl₁₀O	Mon. 2/m : B2/b
3.DA.40	Anthonyite	Cu(OH,Cl)₂ · 3H₂O	Mon. 2/m
3.DA.40	Calumetite	CaCu₄(OH)₈Cl₂ · 3.5H₂O	Orth. mmm (2/m 2/m 2/m) : Cmcm
3.DA.45	Khaidarkanite	Cu₄Al₃(OH)₁₄F₃ · 2H₂O	Mon. 2/m : B2/m
3.DA.50	Bobkingite	Cu₅Cl₂(OH)₈ · 2H₂O	Mon. 2/m : B2/m
3.DA.55	Avdoninite	K₂Cu₅(OH)₄Cl₈ · H₂O	Mon. 2/m : P2₁/b
3.DA.60	Droninoite	Ni₆Fe³⁺₂(OH)₁₆Cl₂ · 4H₂O	Trig. 3m (3 2/m) : R3m
3.DA.70	Chrysothallite	K₆Cu₆Tl³⁺Cl₁₇(OH)₄ · H₂O	Tet. 4/mmm (4/m 2/m 2/m) : I4/mmm
3.DA.70	Dioskouriite	CaCu₄Cl₆(OH)₄ · 4H₂O	Mon. 2/m : P2₁/b
3.DA.75	Feodosiyite	Cu₁₁Mg₂Cl₁₈(OH)₈ · 16H₂O	Mon. 2/m : P2₁/b
3.DA.80	Romanorlovite	K₈Cu₆Cl₁₇(OH)₃	Tet. 4/mmm (4/m 2/m 2/m) : I4/mmm

Fluorescence of HaydeeiteHide

In UV light:

Not fluorescent.

Other InformationHide

Notes:

Not soluble in water, but dissolves in hydrochloric and nitric acids.

Health Risks:

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

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References for HaydeeiteHide

Reference List:

Malcherek, T., Schlüter, J. (2007): Cu3MgCl2(OH)6 and the bond-valence parameters of the OH-Cl bond. Acta Crystallographica, B63, 157-160.

Schlüter, J., Malcherek, T. (2007): Haydeeite,Cu3MgCl2(OH)6, a new mineral from the Haydee mine, Salar Grande, Atacama desert, Chile. Neues Jahrbuch für Mineralogie, Abhandlungen, 184, 39-42.

Piilonen, P.C., Poirier, G., Tait, K.T. (2008): New mineral names. American Mineralogist, 93, 1941-1946.

Chu, S., McQueen, T.M., Chisnell, R., Freedman, D.E., Müller, P., Lee, Y.S., Nocera, D.G. (2010) A Cu2+(S = 1/2) Kagomé Antiferromagnet: MgxCu4−x(OH)6Cl2. Journal of the American Chemical Society, 132(16), 5570-5571.

Chu, S. (2011): Magnetic properties of geometrically frustrated polymorphic crystals of Cu4-xMgx(OH)6Cl2. Journal of Physics, Conference Series, 273, 012123.

(2023) Haydeeite. Handbook of Mineralogy. Mineralogical Society of America

Localities for HaydeeiteHide

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Chile
Antofagasta Antofagasta Province Mejillones Mejillones peninsula ⓘ Barranca del Sulfato	SEM-EDS and Raman Spectroscopy by Joy ...
Arica y Parinacota Arica Province Caleta Vítor mining district ⓘ Santo Domingo mine	Samples analysed by Dr. Jochen Schlüter (Hamburg University) +1 other reference
Los Camarones valley Cuya ⓘ Cuya NE5 chloride occurrence	Kampf et al. (2013) +1 other reference
Tarapacá Iquique Province Salar Grande ⓘ Haydee Mine (TL)	Schlüter et al. (2007)

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Crystal StructureHide

X-Ray Powder DiffractionHide

Geological EnvironmentHide

Type Occurrence of HaydeeiteHide

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