Wyartite R090061
Name: Wyartite
RRUFF ID: R090061
Ideal Chemistry: CaU5+(UO2)2(CO3)O4(OH)·7H2O
Locality: Shinkolobwe Mine, Katanga, Congo
Source: William W. Pinch
Owner: RRUFF
Description: Elongated and striated translucent greenish-black crystals
Status: The identification of this mineral is not yet confirmed.
RAMAN SPECTRUM 
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Sample Description: Unoriented Raman on the primary sample
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RRUFF ID: R090061
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Sample Description: Unoriented Raman on the primary sample
Instrument settings: Thermo Almega XR 532nm @ 30% of 150mW
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REFERENCES for Wyartite

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]

Fleischer M (1959) New mineral names, American Mineralogist, 44, 906-910   [view file]

Guillemin C, Protas J (1959) Ianthinite et wyartite, Bulletin de la Société Française de Minéralogie et de Cristallographie, 82, 80-86

International Mineralogical Association (1962) International Mineralogical Association: Commission on new minerals and mineral names, Mineralogical Magazine, 33, 260-263   [view file]

Burns P C, Finch R J (1999) Wyartite: crystallographic evidence for the first pentavalent-uranium mineral, American Mineralogist, 84, 1456-1460   [view file]

Frost R L, Henry D A, Erickson K (2004) Raman spectroscopic detection of wyartite in the presence of rabejacite, Journal of Raman Spectroscopy, 35, 255-260