Iriginite R060269
Name: Iriginite
RRUFF ID: R060269
Ideal Chemistry: (UO2)Mo6+2O7·3H2O
Locality: Hervey's Range Deposit, 55 kilometers west of Townsville, Queensland, Australia
Source: Michael Scott S100240 [view label]
Owner: RRUFF
Description: Tan colored radial group of acicular prismatic crystals
Status: The identification of this mineral is confirmed by single-crystal X-ray diffraction and chemical analysis.
CHEMISTRY 
RRUFF ID: R060269.2
Sample Description: Microprobe Fragment
Measured Chemistry: (UO2)Mo6+2O7ยท3H2O
RAMAN SPECTRUM 
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Sample Description: Unoriented Raman on the primary sample
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Sample Description: Unoriented Raman on the primary sample
Instrument settings: Thermo Almega XR 532nm @ 100% of 150mW
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POWDER DIFFRACTION 
RRUFF ID: R060269.9
Sample Description: Single crystal, powder profile is calculated
Cell Refinement Output: a: 6.71(2)Å    b: 12.84(5)Å    c: 11.58(4)Å
alpha: 90°    beta: 90°    gamma: 90°   Volume: 998(2)Å3    Crystal System: orthorhombic
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Output file from the Bruker D8 Advance instrument. Includes device headers and XY data.

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REFERENCES for Iriginite

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]

Soboleva M V, Pudovkina I A (1957) Iriginite, in Mineraly Urana, Spravochnik (Uranium Minerals Handbook) Moscow 249-251   [view file]

Fleischer M (1958) New mineral names, American Mineralogist, 43, 378-387   [view file]

Epshtein G Y (1959) On the molybdates of uranium — moluranite and iriginite, Zapiski Vsesoyuznogo Mineralogicheskogo Obshchestva, 88, issue 5 564-570   [view file]

Fleischer M (1960) New mineral names, American Mineralogist, 45, 252-258   [view file]

Jambor J L, Roberts A C, Puziewicz J (1994) New mineral names, American Mineralogist, 79, 570-574   [view file]

Krivovichev S V, Burns P C (2000) The crystal chemistry of uranyl molybdates. II. The crystal structure of iriginite, The Canadian Mineralogist, 38, 847-851   [view file]

Jambor J L, Roberts A C (2001) New mineral names, American Mineralogist, 86, 767-770   [view file]