Linarite and connellite dataset from Calabria region (Southern Italy): First evidence

A Bloise; L Dattola; I Allegretta; R Terzano; D Miriello

doi:10.1016/j.dib.2019.104597

Linarite and connellite dataset from Calabria region (Southern Italy): First evidence

Data Brief. 2019 Oct 1:27:104597. doi: 10.1016/j.dib.2019.104597. eCollection 2019 Dec.

Authors

A Bloise¹, L Dattola², I Allegretta³, R Terzano³, D Miriello¹

Affiliations

¹ Department of Biology, Ecology and Earth Sciences, University of Calabria, Via Pietro Bucci, I-87036, Rende, CS, Italy.
² Regional Agency for the Protection of the Environment of the Calabria Region (Arpacal), Italy.
³ Department of Soil, Plant and Food Sciences, University of Bari, Italy.

Abstract

This dataset article contains mineralogical and chemical data of linarite and connellite sulfate minerals. These minerals were found included in the oxidized zones of cupriferous sulfide ores in the Fiumarella Mine, in Calabria region (Southern Italy). Linarite is a basic sulfate of copper and lead with the formula of PbCuSO₄(OH)₂ while connellite is a hydrated sulfate of copper with an ideal formula of Cu₃₆Cl₆(SO₄)₂(OH)₆₂∙12H₂O. Recently, in the mine of Fiumarella, in addition to primary minerals such as barite, galena, cerussite, anglesite, fluorite and chalcopyrite, wulfenite (PbMoO₄) was also detected. Linarite consists of a prismatic bright blue crystal with a vitreous luster of micrometric size implanted upon on a matrix made up of barite. Connellite includes micrometric acicular tuft crystals protruding from matrix. Methods for obtaining the datasets include optical microscopy, micro X-ray Fluorescence and micro-Raman spectroscopy.

Keywords: Connellite; Linarite; Micro X-ray fluorescence; Micro-Raman spectroscopy; Sulfate.