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Name: Curienite RRUFF ID: R050548 Ideal Chemistry: Pb(UO2)2(VO4)2·5H2O Locality: Mounana mine, Franceville, Haut-Ogooué, Gabon Source: University of Arizona Mineral Museum 13480 [view label] Owner: RRUFF Description: Groups of heavily striated orange bladed crystals Status: The identification of this mineral has been confirmed by X-ray diffraction and chemical analysis |
Mineral Group: [ Fritzscheite (2) ] |
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POWDER DIFFRACTION | ||||||||
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RRUFF ID: | R050548.1 | |||||||
Sample Description: | Powder | |||||||
Cell Refinement Output: |
a: 10.420(2)Å b: 8.4645(8)Å c: 16.374(3)Å alpha: 90° beta: 90° gamma: 90° Volume: 1444.1(3)Å3 Crystal System: orthorhombic |
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REFERENCES for Curienite | |
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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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Cesbron F, Morin N (1968) Une nouvelle espèce minérale : la curiénite. Étude de la série francevillite-curiénite, Bulletin de la Société Française de Minéralogie et de Cristallographie, 91, 453-459 [view file] |
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Fleischer M (1969) New mineral names, American Mineralogist, 54, 1218-1223 [view file] |
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Borène J, Cesbron F (1971) Structure cristalline de la curiénite Pb(UO2)2(VO4)2·5H2O, Bulletin de la Société Française de Minéralogie et de Cristallographie, 94, 8-14 [view file] |
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Frost R L, Čejka J, Weier M L, Martens W, Henry D A (2005) Vibrational spectroscopy of selected natural uranyl vanadates, Vibrational Spectroscopy, 39, 131-138 |
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