On the structural relations of malachite. I. The rosasite and ludwigite 
structure families

Girgsdies, Frank; Behrens, Malte

doi:10.1107/S0108768112005125

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On the structural relations of malachite. I. The rosasite and ludwigite structure families

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Girgsdies, Frank
Inorganic Chemistry, Fritz Haber Institute, Max Planck Society;

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Behrens, Malte
Inorganic Chemistry, Fritz Haber Institute, Max Planck Society;

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Girgsdies, F., & Behrens, M. (2012). On the structural relations of malachite. I. The rosasite and ludwigite structure families. Acta Crystallographica Section B-Structural Science, 68(2), 107-117. doi:10.1107/S0108768112005125.

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Abstract

The crystal structures of malachite Cu2(OH)2CO3 and rosasite (Cu,Zn)2(OH)2CO3, though not isotypic, are closely related. A previously proposed approach explaining this relation via a common hypothetical parent structure is elaborated upon on the basis of group–subgroup considerations, leading to the conclusion that the aristotype of malachite and rosasite should crystallize in the space group Pbam (No. 55). An ICSD database search for actual representatives of this aristotype leads to the interesting observation that the structure type of ludwigite (Mg,Fe)2FeO2BO3, which is adopted by several natural and synthetic oxide orthoborates M3O2BO3, is closely related to the proposed malachite–rosasite aristotype and thus to the malachite–rosasite family of hydroxide carbonates M2(OH)2CO3 in general. Relations within both structure families and their analogies are summarized in a joint simplified Bärnighausen tree.