Paramontroseite R050391


 Name: Paramontroseite
RRUFF ID: R050391
Ideal Chemistry: VO2
Locality: J.J. mine, Buell Canyon District, Montrose County, Colorado, USA
Source: University of Arizona Mineral Museum 1743 [view label]
Owner: RRUFF
Description: Black massive, radioactive
Status: The identification of this mineral has been confirmed by X-ray diffraction and chemical analysis
Mineral Group: [ Ramsdellite (2) ]
CHEMISTRY 
RRUFF ID: R050391.2
Sample Description: Microprobe fragment
Measured Chemistry: (V4+0.82Fe3+0.09U6+0.04V5+0.03Al0.02)O2; gray phase. The lightest phase is uranophane
RAMAN SPECTRUM 
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Sample Description: Unoriented sample
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RRUFF ID: R050391
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Sample Description: Unoriented sample
Instrument settings: Thermo Almega XR 532nm @ 100% of 150mW
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INFRARED SPECTRUM (Attenuated Total Reflectance) 
RRUFF ID: R050391.1
Instrument settings: SensIR Durascope on a Nicolet Magna 860 FTIR
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POWDER DIFFRACTION 
RRUFF ID: R050391.1
Sample Description: Powder
Cell Refinement Output: a: 4.9009(4)Å    b: 9.3839(8)Å    c: 2.9080(5)Å
alpha: 90°    beta: 90°    gamma: 90°   Volume: 133.74(2)Å3    Crystal System: orthorhombic
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Calculated diffraction file.

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Output file from the Bruker D8 Advance instrument. Includes device headers and XY data.

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Output file from the Bruker D8 Advance instrument. Includes device headers and XY data.

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REFERENCES for Paramontroseite

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]

Evans H T, Block S (1953) The crystal structure of montroseite, a vanadium member of the diaspore group, American Mineralogist, 38, 1242-1250   [view file]

Evans H T, Mrose M E (1955) A crystal study of montroseite and paramontroseite, American Mineralogist, 40, 861-875   [view file]

Curetti N, Pavese A (2023) Fe-bearing vanadium dioxide-paramontroseite: structural details and high-temperature transformation, European Journal of Mineralogy, 35, 373-382   [view file]