Brannerite R060613


Name: Brannerite
RRUFF ID: R060613
Ideal Chemistry: UTi2O6
Locality: Crocker's Well, South Australia, Australia
Source: Michael Scott S100886 [view label]
Owner: RRUFF
Description: Dark brown massive amorphous, note that a fragment of this sample was heated and is posted at R080091
Status: The identification of this mineral has been confirmed only by chemical analysis
Mineral Group: [ Brannerite (2) ]
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CHEMISTRY 
RRUFF ID: R060613.2
Sample Description: Microprobe Fragment
Measured Chemistry: (U4+0.42U6+0.23Th0.13Ca0.12Y0.05Pb0.05)Σ=1(Ti1.93Fe3+0.07)2O6 ; (gray phase). (Th0.81U4+0.13Ca0.02Y0.02Pb0.02)Σ=1(Ti1.98Fe3+0.02)Σ=2(O5.88(OH)0.12)Σ=6 (bright phase = thorutite)
Microprobe Data File: [ Download Excel File ]
RAMAN SPECTRUM 
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Sample Description: Unoriented sample
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POWDER DIFFRACTION 
RRUFF ID: R060613.1
Sample Description: Powder
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Output file from the Bruker D8 Advance instrument. Includes device headers and XY data.

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REFERENCES for Brannerite

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]

Gordon S G (1920) New minerals, American Mineralogist, 5, 105-105   [view file]

Hess F L, Wells R C (1920) Brannerite, a new uranium mineral, Journal of the Franklin Institute, 189, 225-237   [view file]

Fleischer M (1956) New mineral names, American Mineralogist, 41, 163-168   [view file]

Hewett D F, Stone J, Levine H (1957) Brannerite from San Bernardino County, California, American Mineralogist, 42, 30-38   [view file]

Moddle D A (1957) Brannerite from Eastern Ontario, The Canadian Mineralogist, 6, 155-157   [view file]

Patchett J E, Nuffield E W (1960) Studies of radioactive compounds: X-The synthesis of crystallography of brannerite, The Canadian Mineralogist, 6, 483-490   [view file]

Fleischer M (1963) New mineral names, American Mineralogist, 48, 1413-1421   [view file]

International Mineralogical Association (1967) Commission on new minerals and mineral names, Mineralogical Magazine, 36, 131-136   [view file]

Steacy H R, Plant A G, Boyle R W (1974) Brannerite associated with native gold at the Richardson Mine, Ontario, The Canadian Mineralogist, 12, 360-363   [view file]

Szymanski J T, Scott J D (1982) A crystal-structure refinement of synthetic brannerite, UTi2O6, and its bearing on rate of alkaline-carbonate leaching of brannerite in ore, The Canadian Mineralogist, 20, 271-279   [view file]

Baran E J, Cabello C I, Nord A G (1987) Raman spectra of some MIIV2O6 brannerite-type metavanadates, Journal of Raman Spectroscopy, 18, 405-407

James M, Watson J N (2002) The synthesis and crystal structure of doped uranium brannerite phases U1-xMxTi2O6 (M=Ca2+, La3+, and Gd3+), Journal of Solid State Chemistry, 165, 261-265

James M, Carter M L, Watson J N (2003) The synthesis, crystal chemistry and structures of Y-doped brannerite (U1-xYxTi2O6) and thorutite (Th1-xYxTi2O6-d) phases, Journal of Solid State Chemistry, 174, 329-333

Macmillan E, Cook N J, Ehrig K, Pring A (2017) Chemical and textural interpretation of late-stage coffinite and brannerite from the Olympic Dam IOCG-Ag-U deposit, Mineralogical Magazine, 81, 1323-1366

Turuani M, Choulet F, Eglinger A, Goncalves P, Machault J, Mercadier J, Seydoux-Guillaume A M, Reynaud S, Baron F, Beaufort D, Batonneau Y, Gouy S, Mesbah A, Szenknect S, Dacheux N, Chapon V, Pagel M (2020) Geochemical fingerprints of brannerite (UTi2O6): an integrated study, Mineralogical Magazine, 84, 313-334

Chen R, Siidra O I, Firsova V A, Arevalo-Lopez A, Colmont M, Ugolkov V L, Bocharov V N (2023) The chemistry, recrystallization and themal expansion of brannerite from Akchatau, Kazakhstan, Materials, 16, 1719   [link]   [view file]