Sengierite R070520



Name: Sengierite
RRUFF ID: R070520
Ideal Chemistry: Cu2(UO2)2(VO4)2(OH)2·6H2O
Locality: Cole Shaft, Bisbee, Mule Mountains, Cochise County, Arizona, USA
Source: James Shigley [view label]
Owner: RRUFF
Description: Yellowish-green tabular microcrystals
Status: The identification of this mineral is not yet confirmed.
Mineral Group: [ Sengierite (3) ]
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Sample Description: Unoriented sample
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RRUFF ID: R070520
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Sample Description: Unoriented sample
Instrument settings: Thermo Almega XR 532nm @ 10% of 150mW
REFERENCES for Sengierite

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]

Vaes J F, Kerr P F (1949) Sengierite: a preliminary description, American Mineralogist, 34, 109-120   [view file]

Donnay G, Donnay J D H (1955) Contribution to the crystallography of uranium minerals, in Contribution to the Crystallography of Uranium Minerals Geological Survey for the United States Atomic Energy Commission, Technical Information Service Oak Ridge 1-42   [view file]

Hutton C O (1957) Sengierite from Bisbee, Arizona, American Mineralogist, 42, 408-411   [view file]

Piret P, Declercq J P, Wauters-Stoop D (1980) Structure cristalline de la sengiérite, Bulletin de Minéralogie, 103, 176-178

Fleischer M, Chao G Y, Francis C A, Pabst A (1981) New mineral names, American Mineralogist, 66, 217-220   [view file]

Burke E A J (2008) Tidying up mineral names: an IMA-CNMNC scheme for suffixes, hyphens and diacritical marks, The Mineralogical Record, 39, 131-135   [view file]