Schmitterite R060524
Name: Schmitterite
RRUFF ID: R060524
Ideal Chemistry: (UO2)(Te4+O3)
Locality: Moctezuma mine, Moctezuma, Sonora, Mexico
Source: Michael Scott S100201 [view label]
Owner: RRUFF
Description: Pale yellow rosette associated with green emmonsite, R060802
Status: The identification of this mineral has been made only by X-ray diffraction.
RAMAN SPECTRUM 
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Sample Description: Unoriented sample
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Sample Description: Unoriented sample
Instrument settings: Thermo Almega XR 532nm @ 100% of 150mW
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POWDER DIFFRACTION 
RRUFF ID: R060524.9
Sample Description: Powder, using Mo radiation
Cell Refinement Output: a: 10.114(3)Å    b: 5.404(4)Å    c: 7.861(3)Å
alpha: 90°    beta: 90°    gamma: 90°   Volume: 429.7(2)Å3    Crystal System: orthorhombic
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Calculated diffraction file.

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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 Schmitterite

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]

Gaines R V (1971) Schmitterite—a new uranyl tellurite from Moctezuma, Sonora, American Mineralogist, 56, 411-415   [view file]

Galy J, Meunier G (1971) A propos de la cliffordite UTe3O8. Le système UO3–TeO2 à 700°C. Structure cristalline de UTe3O9, Acta Crystallographica, B27, 608-616

Meunier G, Galy J (1973) Structure cristalline de la schmitterite synthétique UTeO5, Acta Crystallographica, B29, 1251-1255

Loopstra B O, Brandenburg N P (1978) Uranyl selenite and uranyl tellurite, Acta Crystallographica, B34, 1335-1337