Metauranocircite II R070721



Name: Metauranocircite II
RRUFF ID: R070721
Ideal Chemistry: Ba(UO2)2(PO4)2·6H2O
Locality: Streuberg Quarry, Bergen, Falkenstein, Voigtland, Saxony, Germany
Source: James Shigley
Owner: RRUFF
Description: Yellow platy crystals
Status: The identification of this mineral has been confirmed by single-crystal X-ray diffraction.
CHEMISTRY 
RRUFF ID: R070721.2
Sample Description: Microprobe Fragment
RAMAN SPECTRUM 
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Sample Description: Unoriented sample
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RRUFF ID: R070721
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Sample Description: Unoriented sample
Instrument settings: Thermo Almega XR 532nm @ 80% of 150mW
POWDER DIFFRACTION 
RRUFF ID: R070721.9
Sample Description: Single crystal, powder profile is calculated
Cell Refinement Output: a: 9.839(6)Å    b: 16.90(1)Å    c: 9.814(6)Å
alpha: 90°    beta: 90.09(3)°    gamma: 90°   Volume: 1632(1)Å3    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 Metauranocircite II

American Mineralogist Crystal Structure Database Record: [view record]

Gaubert M P (1904) Produits de déshydratation de quelques phosphates et orientation du chlorure de baryum sur les minéraux du groupe de l´autunite, Bulletin de la Société Française de Minéralogie, 27, 222-233   [view file]

Walenta K (1963) Über die Barium-Uranylphosphatmineralien Uranocircit I, Uranocircit II, Meta-Uranocircit I und Meta-Uranocircit II von Menzenschwand in südlichen Schwarzwald, Jahreshefte des Geologischen Landesamtes in Baden-Württemberg, 6, 113-135

Vochten R F, Haverbeke L V, Springel K V (1992) Transformation of chernikovite into meta-uranocircite II, Ba(UO2)2(PO4)2.6H2O, Mineralogical Magazine, 56, 367-372   [view file]

Jambor J L, Burke E A J, Grew E S, Puziewicz J (1993) New mineral names, American Mineralogist, 78, 672-678   [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]