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Metatorbernite R040171

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Name: Metatorbernite
RRUFF ID: R040171
Ideal Chemistry: Cu(UO2)2(PO4)2·8H2O
Locality: La Luz de Cobre, Sonora, Mexico
Source: University of Arizona Mineral Museum 6497 [view label]
Owner: RRUFF
Description: Green thin tabular crystals
Status: The identification of this mineral has been confirmed by X-ray diffraction and chemical analysis
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CHEMISTRY 
RRUFF ID: R040171.2
Sample Description: Microprobe Fragment
Measured Chemistry: (Cu0.80◻0.20)Σ=1(U1.00O2)2(P1.00O4)2·8((H2O)0.95(H3O)+0.05)
RAMAN SPECTRUM 
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Sample Description: Sample is oriented, mounted onto a pin and polished
Pin ID: S00039
Orientation: Laser parallel to  -b*  (0 -1 0).     Fiducial mark perpendicular to laser is parallel to  c   [0 0 1].
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RRUFF ID: R040171
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Sample Description: Unoriented sample
Instrument settings: Thermo Almega XR 532nm @ 100% of 150mW
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INFRARED SPECTRUM (Attenuated Total Reflectance) 
RRUFF ID: R040171.1
Sample Description: Powder
Instrument settings: SensIR Durascope on a Nicolet Magna 860 FTIR
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POWDER DIFFRACTION 
RRUFF ID: R040171.1
Sample Description: Powder
Cell Refinement Output: a: 6.9605(2)Å    b: 6.9605(2)Å    c: 17.3101(5)Å
alpha: 90.°    beta: 90.°    gamma: 90.°   Volume: 838.66(5)Å3    Crystal System: tetragonal
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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 Metatorbernite

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]

Hallimond A F (1916) The crystallography and dehydration of torbernite, Mineralogical Magazine, 17, 326-339   [view file]

Wherry E T (1923) New minerals: new species, American Mineralogist, 8, 115-116   [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]

Ross M, Evans H T, Appleman D E (1964) Studies of the torbernite minerals (II): the crystal structure of meta-torbernite, American Mineralogist, 49, 1603-1621   [view file]

Diaz J M, Farach H A, Poole C P (1985) The magnetic properties of metatorbernite, The Canadian Mineralogist, 23, 643-646   [view file]

Stergiou A C, Rentzeperis P J (1993) Refinement of the crystal structure of metatorbernite, Zeitschrift für Kristallographie, 205, 1-7   [view file]

Calos N J, Kennard C H L (1996) Crystal structure of copper bis(uranyl phosphate) octahydrate (metatobernite), Cu(UO2PO4)2·8(H2O), Zeitschrift für Kristallographie, 211, 701-702

Shannon R D, Shannon R C, Medenbach O, Fischer R X (2002) Refractive index and dispersion of fluorides and oxides, Journal of Physical and Chemical Reference Data, 31, 931-970   [view file]

Locock A J, Burns P C (2003) Crystal structures and synthesis of the copper-dominant members of the autunite and meta-autunite groups: torbernite, zeunerite, metatorbernite and metazeunerite, The Canadian Mineralogist, 41, 489-502   [view file]

Suzuki Y, Sato T, Isobe H, Kogure T, Murakami T (2005) Dehydration processes in the meta-autunite group minerals meta-autunite, metasaléeite, and metatorbernite, American Mineralogist, 90, 1308-1314   [view file]

Plášil J, Sejkora J, Čejka J, Škoda R, Goliáš V (2009) Supergene mineralization of the Medvedín uranium deposit, Krkonoše Mountains, Czech Republic, Journal of Geosciences, 54, 15-56

Stubbs J E, Post J E, Elbert D C, Heaney P J, Veblen D R (2010) Uranyl phosphate sheet reconstruction during dehydration of metatorbernite [Cu(UO2)2(PO4)2·8H2O], American Mineralogist, 95, 1132-1140   [view file]