Andersonite - RRUFF Database: Raman, X-ray, Infrared, and Chemistry

Andersonite R080133

Name: Andersonite
RRUFF ID: R080133
Ideal Chemistry: Na₂Ca(UO₂)(CO₃)₃·5-6H₂O
Locality: Monte Cristo mine, Cane Springs Canyon, near Moab, Grand County, Utah, USA
Source: James Shigley [view label]
Owner: RRUFF
Description: Bright yellowish green platy to granular crystals
Status: The identification of this mineral has been confirmed only by single crystal X-ray diffraction.

Mineral Group: [ Not in a structural group (133) ]

RAMAN SPECTRUM

RRUFF ID:

Sample Description:

Unoriented sample

DOWNLOADS:

To download sample data,
please select a specific
orientation angle.

BROAD SCAN WITH SPECTRAL ARTIFACTS

RRUFF ID:

R080133

Wavelength:

Sample Description:

Unoriented sample

Instrument settings:

Thermo Almega XR 532nm @ 100% of 150mW

DOWNLOADS:

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

POWDER DIFFRACTION

RRUFF ID:

R080133.9

Sample Description:

Single crystal, powder profile is calculated

Cell Refinement Output:

a: 18.04(3)Å b: 18.04(3)Å c: 23.90(4)Å
alpha: 90° beta: 90° gamma: 120° Volume: 6738(12)Å³ Crystal System: hexagonal

File Type Information

Calculated diffraction file.

File Type Information

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

DOWNLOADS:

	DIF File
	X-ray Data (XY - RAW)
	RRUFF File

REFERENCES for Andersonite
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]
Axelrod J M, Grimaldi F S, Milton C, Murata K J (1951) The uranium minerals from the Hillside mine, Yavapai County, Arizona, American Mineralogist, 36, 1-22 [view file]
Fleischer M (1952) New mineral names, American Mineralogist, 37, 359-362 [view file]
Coda A, Della Giusta A, Tazzoli V (1981) The structure of synthetic andersonite, Na₂Ca[UO₂(CO₃)₃]·xH₂O (x~5.6), Acta Crystallographica, B37, 1496-1500
Vochten R, Van Haverbeke L, Van Springel K (1993) Synthesis of liebigite and andersonite, and study of their thermal behavior and luminescence, The Canadian Mineralogist, 31, 167-171 [view file]
Vochten R, Van Haverbeke L, Van Springel K (1994) The structure and physicochemical characteristics of a synthetic phase compositionally intermediate between liebigite and andersonite, The Canadian Mineralogist, 32, 553-561 [view file]
Kubatko K-A, Helean K B, Navrotsky A, Burns P C (2005) Thermodynamics of uranyl minerals: enthalpies of formation of rutherfordine, UO₂CO₃, andersonite, Na₂CaUO₂(CO₃)₃(H₂O)₅, and grimselite, K₃NaUO₂(CO₃)₃H₂O, American Mineralogist, 90, 1284-1290 [view file]

REFERENCES for Andersonite

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]

Axelrod J M, Grimaldi F S, Milton C, Murata K J (1951) The uranium minerals from the Hillside mine, Yavapai County, Arizona, American Mineralogist, 36, 1-22 [view file]

Fleischer M (1952) New mineral names, American Mineralogist, 37, 359-362 [view file]

Coda A, Della Giusta A, Tazzoli V (1981) The structure of synthetic andersonite, Na₂Ca[UO₂(CO₃)₃]·xH₂O (x~5.6), Acta Crystallographica, B37, 1496-1500

Vochten R, Van Haverbeke L, Van Springel K (1993) Synthesis of liebigite and andersonite, and study of their thermal behavior and luminescence, The Canadian Mineralogist, 31, 167-171 [view file]

Vochten R, Van Haverbeke L, Van Springel K (1994) The structure and physicochemical characteristics of a synthetic phase compositionally intermediate between liebigite and andersonite, The Canadian Mineralogist, 32, 553-561 [view file]

Kubatko K-A, Helean K B, Navrotsky A, Burns P C (2005) Thermodynamics of uranyl minerals: enthalpies of formation of rutherfordine, UO₂CO₃, andersonite, Na₂CaUO₂(CO₃)₃(H₂O)₅, and grimselite, K₃NaUO₂(CO₃)₃H₂O, American Mineralogist, 90, 1284-1290 [view file]