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Name: Phurcalite RRUFF ID: R050534 Ideal Chemistry: Ca2(UO2)3O2(PO4)2·7H2O Locality: Posey mine, Red Canyon, San Juan County, Utah, USA Source: University of Arizona Mineral Museum 16115 [view label] Owner: RRUFF Description: Tufts of yellow acicular crystals Status: The identification of this mineral is not yet confirmed. |
Mineral Group: [ Phosphuranylite (7) ] | ||
Quick search: [ All Phurcalite samples (2) ] |
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RRUFF ID: | R050534.1 | |||||
Sample Description: | Powder, using Mo radiation | |||||
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REFERENCES for Phurcalite | |
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American Mineralogist Crystal Structure Database Record: [view record] |
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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] |
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Deliens M, Piret P (1978) La phurcalite, Ca2(UO2)3(PO4)2(OH)4·4H2O, nouveau minéral, Bulletin de Minéralogie, 101, 356-358 |
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Fleischer M (1978) New mineral names, American Mineralogist, 63, 1282-1284 [view file] |
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Fleischer M, Chao G Y, Pabst A (1979) New mineral names, American Mineralogist, 64, 241-245 [view file] |
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Jambor J L, Puziewicz J (1990) New mineral names, American Mineralogist, 75, 1209-1216 [view file] |
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Atencio D, Neumann R, Silva A J G C, Mascarenhas Y P (1991) Phurcalite from Perus, São Paulo, Brazil, and redetermination of its crystal structure, The Canadian Mineralogist, 29, 95-105 [view file] |
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Jambor J L, Grew E S (1992) New mineral names, American Mineralogist, 77, 207-213 [view file] |
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Pláil J, Kiefer B, Ghazisaeed S, Philippo S (2020) Hydrogen bonding in the crystal structure of phurcalite, Ca2[(UO2)3O2(PO4)2]·7H2O: single-crystal X-ray study and TORQUE calculations, Acta Crystallographica, B76, 502-509 |
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