Kasolite R060479
Name: Kasolite
RRUFF ID: R060479
Ideal Chemistry: Pb(UO2)SiO4·H2O
Locality: Musonoi Extension, Shaba Province, Zaire
Source: Michael Scott S100307 [view label]
Owner: RRUFF
Description: Yellowish-orange prismatic single crystals
Status: The identification of this mineral has been confirmed by single-crystal X-ray diffraction.
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CHEMISTRY 
RRUFF ID: R060479.2
Sample Description: Microprobe Fragment
RAMAN SPECTRUM 
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Sample Description: Unoriented sample
Instrument settings: Thermo Almega XR 532nm @ 100% of 150mW
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POWDER DIFFRACTION 
RRUFF ID: R060479.9
Sample Description: Single crystal, powder profile is calculated
Cell Refinement Output: a: 13.268(6)Å    b: 6.919(2)Å    c: 6.691(3)Å
alpha: 90°    beta: 105.11(2)°    gamma: 90°   Volume: 593.0(3)    Crystal System: monoclinic
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Output file from the Bruker D8 Advance instrument. Includes device headers and XY data.

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REFERENCES for Kasolite

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]

Schoep A (1921) Sur la kasolite, nouveau minéral radioactif, Comptes Rendus de l‘Académie des Sciences Série II., 173, 1476-1477

Wherry E T, Poitevin E (1922) New species, American Mineralogist, 7, 128-129   [view file]

Hogarth D D (1951) Studies of radioactive compounds: II—meta-zeunerite, uranophane, kasolite, and cuprosklodowskite in Canada, American Mineralogist, 36, 411-414   [view file]

Huynen A M, Piret-Meunier J, Van Meerssche M (1963) Structure de la kasolite, Académie Royale de Belgique, Classe des Sciences:, 49, 192-201

Mokeeva V I (1965) The crystal structure of kasolite, Soviet Physics - Crystallography, 9, 621-622

Rosenzweig A, Ryan R R (1977) Kasolite, Pb(UO2)(SiO4)·H2O, Crystal Structure Communications, 6, 617-621

International Mineralogical Association (1980) International Mineralogical Association: Commission on new minerals and mineral names, Mineralogical Magazine, 43, 1053-1055   [view file]

Stohl F V, Smith D K (1981) The crystal chemistry of the uranyl silicate minerals, American Mineralogist, 66, 610-625   [view file]

Vochten R, Blaton N, Peeters O, Van Springel K, Van Haverbeke L (1997) A new method of synthesis of boltwoodite and of formation of sodium boltwoodite, uranophane, sklodowskite and kasolite from boltwoodite, The Canadian Mineralogist, 35, 735-741   [view file]

Frost R L, Cejka J, Weier M L, Martens W (2006) Molecular structure of the uranyl silicates - a Raman spectroscopic study, Journal of Raman Spectroscopy, 37, 538-551

Plášil J, Sejkora J, Cejka J, Škoda R, Goliáš V (2009) Supergene mineralization of the Medvedín uranium deposit, Krkonoše Mountains, Czech Republic, Journal of Geosciences, 54, 15-56