M0480 Quartz / Clinoatacamite / Aragonite : CSIRO Spectroscopy Database

M0480 Quartz / Clinoatacamite / Aragonite [CSIRO]

Name	M0480 Quartz / Clinoatacamite / Aragonite
Owner	CSIRO
Collection	Spectral Reference Library
Catalog ID	M0480
Material(s)	Quartz [SiO₂] — 51.4% Clinoatacamite [Cu₂Cl(OH)₃] — 19.1% Aragonite [CaCO₃] — 15.0% Cuprite [Cu₂O] — 9.1% Malachite [Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂] — 3.7% Atacamite [Cu₂Cl(OH)₃] — 1.8% Phase abundance was determined by quantitative XRD analysis, in: Owen, N., Gomez-Camacho, R. and Fan R. (2023), Diffraction, Mineralogy and Geochemistry XRD Characterisation Report, Jobs # 6243 and # 6245 [CSIRO internal reports]. ID 65682.
Locality	Broken Hill, Far West Region, NSW, Australia