Natroboltwoodite R060880


Name: Natroboltwoodite
RRUFF ID: R060880
Ideal Chemistry: Na(UO2)(SiO3OH)·H2O
Locality: Alluaiv Mountain, Lovozero, Russia
Source: Michael Scott S100960 [view label]
Owner: RRUFF
Description: Pale yellow massive, X-ray diffraction indicates that this is amorphous
Status: The identification of this mineral is not yet confirmed.
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Sample Description: Unoriented sample
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RRUFF ID: R060880
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Sample Description: Unoriented sample
Instrument settings: Thermo Almega XR 532nm @ 100% of 150mW
REFERENCES for Natroboltwoodite

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]

Chernikov A A, Shaskin D P, Gavrilova I N (1975) Sodium boltwoodite, Doklady Akademii Nauk SSSR, 221, 195-197   [view file]

Fleischer M, Pabst A, Cabri L J (1976) New mineral names, American Mineralogist, 61, 1053-1056   [view file]

Burns P C (1998) The structure of boltwoodite and implications of solid solution toward sodium boltwoodite, The Canadian Mineralogist, 36, 1069-1075   [view file]

Burke E A J (2008) Tidying up mineral names: an IMA-CNMNC scheme for suffixes, hyphens and diacritical marks, The Mineralogical Record, 39, 131-135   [view file]

Plášil J, Škoda R, Fatková K (2022) Crystallization of uranyl silicate natroboltwoodite during an experimental dissolution of the mineral yttrialite-(Y): Crystal structure and Raman spectroscopy, Crystal Growth and Design, 22, 1202-1211