Schröckingerite R050565


Name: Schröckingerite
RRUFF ID: R050565
Ideal Chemistry: NaCa3(UO2)(SO4)(CO3)3F·10H2O
Locality: Lost Creek, Sweetwater County, Wyoming, USA
Source: Dave Bunk Minerals
Owner: RRUFF
Description: Scaly aggregate of pale green micaceous crystals
Status: The identification of this mineral has been confirmed by X-ray diffraction and chemical analysis
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CHEMISTRY 
RRUFF ID: R050565.2
Sample Description: Microprobe Fragment
Measured Chemistry: Na1.00Ca3.00(U1.00O2)(S1.00O4)(CO3)3F1.00ยท12H2O ; C and H not measured but estimated by stoichiometry
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RAMAN SPECTRUM 
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Sample Description: Unoriented sample
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RRUFF ID: R050565
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Sample Description: Unoriented sample
Instrument settings: Thermo Almega XR 532nm @ 100% of 150mW
INFRARED SPECTRUM (Attenuated Total Reflectance) 
RRUFF ID: R050565.1
Instrument settings: SensIR Durascope on a Nicolet Magna 860 FTIR
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POWDER DIFFRACTION 
RRUFF ID: R050565.1
Sample Description: Powder
Cell Refinement Output: a: 9.69(2)Å    b: 9.579(2)Å    c: 14.257(7)Å
alpha: 91.56(3)°    beta: 92.53(9)°    gamma: 120.66(5)°   Volume: 1130(1)Å3    Crystal System: triclinic
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Output file from the Bruker D8 Advance instrument. Includes device headers and XY data.

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

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REFERENCES for Schröckingerite

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]

Schrauf A (1873) Schröckingerit, ein neues Mineral von Joachimsthal, Tschermaks Mineralogische und Petrographische Mitteilungen, 1, 137-138   [view file]

Jaffe H W, Sherwood A M, Peterson M J (1948) New data on schroeckingerite, American Mineralogist, 33, 152-157   [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]

Smith D K (1959) An X-ray crystallographic study of schroeckingerite and its dehydration product, American Mineralogist, 44, 1020-1025   [view file]

Mereiter K (1986) Crystal structure and crystallographic properties of a schröckingerite from Joachimsthal, Tschermaks Mineralogische und Petrographische Mitteilungen, 35, 1-18

Li Y, Krivovichev S V, Burns P C (2001) The crystal structure of Na4(UO2)(CO3)3 and its relationship to schröckingerite, Mineralogical Magazine, 65, 297-304   [view file]