Schmitterite R060524

Name: Schmitterite
RRUFF ID: R060524
Ideal Chemistry: (UO₂)Te⁴⁺O₃
Locality: Moctezuma mine, Moctezuma, Sonora, Mexico
Source: Michael Scott S100201 [view label]
Owner: RRUFF
Description: Pale yellow rosette associated with green emmonsite, R060802
Status: The identification of this mineral has been made only by X-ray diffraction.

RAMAN SPECTRUM

RRUFF ID:

Sample Description:

Unoriented sample

Instrument settings:

Thermo Almega XR 532nm @ 100% of 150mW

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	Raman Data (Processed)
	RRUFF File
	Raman Data (RAW)
	RRUFF File

POWDER DIFFRACTION

RRUFF ID:

R060524.9

Sample Description:

Powder, using Mo radiation.

Cell Refinement Output:

a: 10.114(3)Å b: 5.404(4)Å c: 7.861(3)Å
alpha: 90° beta: 90° gamma: 90° Volume: 429.7(2) Crystal System: orthorhombic

File Type Information

Calculated diffraction file.

File Type Information

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

File Type Information

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

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	Cell Refinement Data
	Cell Refinement Output Data
	DIF File
	X-ray Data (XY - Processed)
	RRUFF File
	X-ray Data (XY - RAW)
	RRUFF File

REFERENCES for Schmitterite
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]
Gaines R V (1971) Schmitterite—a new uranyl tellurite from Moctezuma, Sonora, American Mineralogist, 56, 411-415 [view file]
Galy J, Meunier G (1971) A propos de la cliffordite UTe₃O₈. Le système UO₃–TeO₂ à 700°C. Structure cristalline de UTe₃O₉, Acta Crystallographica, B27, 608-616
Meunier G, Galy J (1973) Structure cristalline de la schmitterite synthétique UTeO₅, Acta Crystallographica, B29, 1251-1255
Loopstra B O, Brandenburg N P (1978) Uranyl selenite and uranyl tellurite, Acta Crystallographica, B34, 1335-1337