Uraninite R070747

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Name: Uraninite
RRUFF ID: R070747
Ideal Chemistry: UO2
Locality: Topsham, Sagadahoc County, Maine, USA
Source: Michael Scott S101632 [view label]
Owner: RRUFF
Description: Elongated dodecahedral gray-black submetallic crystals
Status: The identification of this mineral has been confirmed by X-ray diffraction.
Mineral Group: [ Fluorite (12) ]
CHEMISTRY 
RRUFF ID: R070747.2
Sample Description: Microprobe Fragment
RAMAN SPECTRUM 
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Sample Description: Unoriented sample
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RRUFF ID: R070747
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Sample Description: Unoriented sample
Instrument settings: Thermo Almega XR 532nm @ 100% of 150mW
POWDER DIFFRACTION 
RRUFF ID: R070747.1
Sample Description: Powder
Cell Refinement Output: a: 5.4765(2)Å    b: 5.4765(2)Å    c: 5.4765(2)Å
alpha: 90°    beta: 90°    gamma: 90°   Volume: 164.25(2)Å3    Crystal System: cubic
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Output file from the Bruker D8 Advance instrument. Includes device headers and XY data.

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REFERENCES for Uraninite

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]

Haidinger W (1845) Zweite Klasse: Geogenide. XI. Ordnung, Erze. VII. Uranerz. Uranin., in Handbuch der Bestimmenden Mineralogie Bei Braumüller and Seidel Wien 546-555   [view file]

Rundle R E, Baenziger N C, Wilson A S, McDonald R A (1948) The structures of the carbides, nitrides, and oxides of uranium, Journal of the American Chemical Society, 70, 99-105

Keramidas V G, White W B (1973) Raman spectra of oxides with the fluorite structure, The Journal of Chemical Physics, 59, 1561-1562

Foord E E, Korzeb S L, Lichte F E, Fitzpatrick J J (1997) Additional studies on mixed uranyl oxide-hydroxide hydrate alteration products of uraninite from the Palermo and Ruggles granitic pegmatites, Grafton County, New Hampshire, The Canadian Mineralogist, 35, 145-151   [view file]

Ondruš P, Veselovský F, Gabašová A, Hloušek J, Šrein V, Vavrín I, Skála R, Sejkora J, Drábek M (2003) Primary minerals of the Jáchymov ore district, Journal of the Czech Geological Society, 48, 19-147   [view file]

Alexandre P, Kyser T K (2005) Effects of cationic substitutions and alteration in uraninite, and implications for the dating of uranium deposits, The Canadian Mineralogist, 43, 1005-1017   [view file]

Alexandre P, Peterson R C, Kyser K, Layton-Matthews D, Joy B (2014) High-Cr minerals from the Matoush Uranium Deposit in the Otish Basin, Quebec, Canada, The Canadian Mineralogist, 52, 61-75

Alexandre P, Kyser K, Layton-Matthews D, Joy B (2015) Chemical compositions of natural uraninite, The Canadian Mineralogist, 53, 595-622

Macmillan E, Ciobanu C L, Ehrig K, Cook N J, Pring A (2016) Chemical zoning and lattice distortion in uraninite from Olympic Dam, South Australia, American Mineralogist, 101, 2351-2354

Macmillan E, Cook N J, Ehrig K, Ciobanu C L, Pring A (2016) Uraninite from the Olympic Dam IOCG-U-Ag deposit: Linking textural and compositional variation to temporal evolution, American Mineralogist, 101, 1295-1320

Schindler M, Lussier A J, Bellrose J, Rouvimov S, Burns P C, Kyser T K (2017) Mobilization and agglomeration of uraninite nanoparticles: A nano-mineralogical study of samples from the Matoush Uranium ore deposit, American Mineralogist, 102, 1776-1787