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Richetite R090053

Name: Richetite
RRUFF ID: R090053
Ideal Chemistry: (Fe³⁺,Mg)_xPb²⁺_8.6(UO₂)₃₆O₃₆(OH)₂₄·41H₂O
Locality: Shinkolobwe mine, Katanga, Congo
Source: William W. Pinch [view label]
Owner: RRUFF
Description: Brown plates. Sample is from the same specimen used in the Burns (1998) study.
Status: The identification of this mineral has been confirmed by single-crystal X-ray diffraction.

RAMAN SPECTRUM

RRUFF ID:

Sample Description:

Unoriented Sample

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BROAD SCAN WITH SPECTRAL ARTIFACTS

RRUFF ID:

R090053

Wavelength:

Sample Description:

Unoriented Sample

Instrument settings:

Thermo Almega XR 532nm @ 25% of 150mW

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	Raman Data (Processed)
	RRUFF File
	Raman Data (RAW)
	RRUFF File

POWDER DIFFRACTION

RRUFF ID:

R090053.9

Sample Description:

Single crystal, powder profile is calculated

Cell Refinement Output:

a: 21.001(8)Å b: 12.158(4)Å c: 16.452(7)Å
alpha: 103.86(1)° beta: 115.29(1)° gamma: 90.15(1)° Volume: 3661(3)Å³ Crystal System: triclinic

File Type Information

Calculated diffraction file.

File Type Information

Output file from the Bruker D8 Advance instrument. Includes device headers and XY data.

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	DIF File
	X-ray Data (XY - RAW)
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REFERENCES for Richetite
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 (1947) Six nouveaux minéraux d'urane provenant de Shinkolobwe (Katanga), Annales de la Société Géologique de Belgique, 70, B212-B225 [view file]
Fleischer M (1948) New mineral names, American Mineralogist, 33, 384-386 [view file]
Piret P, Deliens M (1984) Nouvelles données sur la richetite PbO.4UO₃.4H₂O, Bulletin de Minéralogie, 107, 581-585
Dunn P J, Ferraiolo J A, Fleischer M, Gobel V, Grice J D, Langley R H, Shigley J E, Vanko D A, Zilczer J A (1985) New mineral names, American Mineralogist, 70, 1329-1335 [view file]
Burns P C (1998) The structure of richetite, a rare lead uranyl oxide hydrate, The Canadian Mineralogist, 36, 187-199 [view file]
Plášil J (2017) Crystal structure of richetite revisited: Crystallographic evidence for the presence of pentavalent uranium, American Mineralogist, 102, 1771-1775 [view file]

REFERENCES for Richetite

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 (1947) Six nouveaux minéraux d'urane provenant de Shinkolobwe (Katanga), Annales de la Société Géologique de Belgique, 70, B212-B225 [view file]

Fleischer M (1948) New mineral names, American Mineralogist, 33, 384-386 [view file]

Piret P, Deliens M (1984) Nouvelles données sur la richetite PbO.4UO₃.4H₂O, Bulletin de Minéralogie, 107, 581-585

Dunn P J, Ferraiolo J A, Fleischer M, Gobel V, Grice J D, Langley R H, Shigley J E, Vanko D A, Zilczer J A (1985) New mineral names, American Mineralogist, 70, 1329-1335 [view file]

Burns P C (1998) The structure of richetite, a rare lead uranyl oxide hydrate, The Canadian Mineralogist, 36, 187-199 [view file]

Plášil J (2017) Crystal structure of richetite revisited: Crystallographic evidence for the presence of pentavalent uranium, American Mineralogist, 102, 1771-1775 [view file]