Schoepite R080082



Name: Schoepite
RRUFF ID: R080082
Ideal Chemistry: (UO2)8O2(OH)12·12H2O
Locality: Musonoi Mine, Kolwezi, Western area, Katanga Copper Zone, Katanga (Shaba), Congo (Zaïre)
Source: Michael Scott S103736 [view label]
Owner: RRUFF
Description: Aggregates of bright yellow micro crystals
Status: The identification of this mineral is not yet confirmed.
RAMAN SPECTRUM 
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Sample Description: Unoriented sample
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RRUFF ID: R080082
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Sample Description: Unoriented sample
Instrument settings: Thermo Almega XR 532nm @ 10% of 150mW
REFERENCES for Schoepite

American Mineralogist Crystal Structure Database Record: [view record]

Anthony J W, Bideaux R A, Bladh K W, and Nichols M C (1990) Handbook of Mineralogy, Mineral Data Publishing, Tucson Arizona, USA, by permission of the Mineralogical Society of America. [view file]

Christ C L, Clark J R (1960) Crystal chemical studies of uranyl oxide hydrates, American Mineralogist, 45, 1026-1061   [view file]

International Mineralogical Association (1962) International Mineralogical Association: Commission on new minerals and mineral names, Mineralogical Magazine, 33, 260-263   [view file]

Finch R J, Cooper M A, Hawthorne F C, Ewing R C (1996) The crystal structure of schoepite, [(UO2)8O2(OH)12](H2O)12, The Canadian Mineralogist, 34, 1071-1088   [view file]

Finch R J, Hawthorne F C, Ewing R C (1998) Structural relations among schoepite, metaschoepite, and "dehydrated schoepite", The Canadian Mineralogist, 36, 831-845   [view file]

Schindler M, Putnis A (2004) Crystal growth of schoepite on the (104) surface of calcite, The Canadian Mineralogist, 42, 1667-1681   [view file]

Frost R L, Cejka J, Weier M L (2007) Raman spectroscopic study of the uranyl oxyhydroxide hydrates: becquerelite, billietite, curite, schoepite and vandendriesscheite, Journal of Raman Spectroscopy, 38, 460-466