Important Update News
rruff.info is being updated to improve its interface and content. The beta version of the update is accessible to the public at www.rruff.net. New data is only being added to the beta site. Please note that it is in development, and some components are not functional. Once released, the address will revert to RRUFF.info.
We are grateful to NASA for the funding of this effort.
![]() |
![]() |
Name: Metazeunerite RRUFF ID: R110205 Ideal Chemistry: Cu(UO2)2(AsO4)2·8H2O Locality: Roter Berg District, Schneeberg District, Erzgebirge, Saxony, Germany Source: Michael Scott S102006 [view label] Owner: RRUFF Description: Pale green platy crystals associated with cobaltlotharmeyerite R070400. Cell parameters indicate that this has a disordered structure. Status: The identification of this mineral has been confirmed by single-crystal X-ray diffraction. |
Quick search: [ All Metazeunerite samples (4) ] |
RAMAN SPECTRUM | ||||||||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|
BROAD SCAN WITH SPECTRAL ARTIFACTS | ||||||||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|
POWDER DIFFRACTION | |||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
RRUFF ID: | R110205.9 | ||||||
Sample Description: | Single crystal, powder profile is calculated | ||||||
Cell Refinement Output: |
a: 7.053(4)Å b: 7.053(4)Å c: 8.651(8)Å alpha: 90° beta: 90° gamma: 90° Volume: 430.3(2)Å3 Crystal System: tetragonal |
||||||
|
|
REFERENCES for Metazeunerite | |
---|---|
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] |
|
Fersman A E, Shubnikova O N (1937) Metazeunerite, in Sputnik Geokhimika i Mineralogia Moscow 173-173 [view file] |
|
Frondel J W (1951) Studies of uranium minerals (VII): Zeunerite, American Mineralogist, 36, 249-255 [view file] |
|
Hogarth D D (1951) Studies of radioactive compounds: - meta-zeunerite, uranophane, kasolite, and cuprosklodowskite in Canada, American Mineralogist, 36, 411-414 [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] |
|
Emerson D O, Wright H D (1957) Secondary uranium minerals at the W. Wilson mine in the Boulder Batholith, Montana, American Mineralogist, 42, 222-239 [view file] |
|
Hanic F (1960) The crystal structure of meta-zeunerite Cu(UO2)2(AsO4)2·8H2O, Czechoslovak Journal of Physics, B10, 169-181 |
|
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] |
|
Walenta K (1964) Beiträge zur Kenntnis seltener Arsenatmineralien unter besonderer Berücksichtigung von Vorkommen des Schwarzwaldes, Mineralogische und Petrographische Mittheilungen, 9, 111-174 |
|
Abeledo M E J, Galloni E E, Benyacar M A R (1968) Electron diffraction data for some members of the metatorbernite group, American Mineralogist, 53, 1028-1033 [view file] |
|
Hennig C, Reck G, Reich T, Robberg A, Kraus W, Sieler J (2003) EXAFS and XRD investigations of zeunerite and meta-zeunerite, Zeitschrift für Kristallographie, 218, 37-45 |
|
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] |
|
Frost R L, Carmody O, Erickson K L, Weier M L (2004) Near-infrared spectroscopy to uranyl arsenates of the autunite and metaautunite group, Spectrochimica Acta Part A-Molecular and Biomolecular Spectroscopy, 61, 1923-1927 |
|
|