Abstract

gsminmag

Mineralogical Magazine

0026-461X

Mineralogical Society

10.1180/minmag.1981.044.334.05

Duhamelite, Cu₄Pb₂Bi(VO₄)₄(OH)₃.8H₂O, a New Arizona Mineral

Williams

S. A.

Phelps Dodge Corp., Douglas, AZ 85607, USA

6 1981

44 334 151 152 2 7 1980

1981

Abstract

Found by J. E. DuHamel, at a prospect near Payson, Arizona, where it occurs with chrysocolla, malachite, rare fornacite, wulfenite, and bismutite. Colour chartreuse green (RHS 1A), H = 3, D = 5.80. Pleochroism in yellow weak; α = 2.08, β = 2.11. Crystals are minute orthorhombic fibres a = 7.49 Å, b = 9.66, c = 5.87, Z = 1, D_calc 5.99 g/cm³. Strongest lines: 5.014(4), 4.828(3), 3.493(5), 3.159(7), 2.950(10), 2.642(9), 1.870(3), 1.755(3). Wet analysis (avg. of 3) gave CuO 20.4%, PbO 28.4, Bi₂O₃ 15.9, V₂O₅ 23.1, H₂O 11.8.