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Name: Haiweeite RRUFF ID: R061051 Ideal Chemistry: Ca(UO2)2(Si5O12)(OH)2·6H2O Locality: Teofoli Otoni, Minas Gerais, Brazil Source: Michael Scott S101400 [view label] Owner: RRUFF Description: Spherical aggregates of yellow acicular crystals with albite, uranophane, calcite, quartz, and muscovite Status: The identification of this mineral has been confirmed by single-crystal X-ray diffraction. |
Quick search: [ All Haiweeite samples (2) ] |
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RRUFF ID: | R061051.9 | ||||||
Sample Description: | Single crystal, powder profile is calculated | ||||||
Cell Refinement Output: |
a: 7.134(1)Å b: 17.941(1)Å c: 18.285(3)Å alpha: 90° beta: 90° gamma: 90° Volume: 2340.2(5)Å3 Crystal System: orthorhombic |
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REFERENCES for Haiweeite | |
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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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McBurney T C, Murdoch J (1959) Haiweeite, a new uranium mineral from California, American Mineralogist, 44, 839-843 [view file] |
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Fleischer M (1960) New mineral names, American Mineralogist, 45, 753-756 [view file] |
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International Mineralogical Association (1962) International Mineralogical Association: Commission on new minerals and mineral names, Mineralogical Magazine, 33, 260-263 [view file] |
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Yeremenko G K, Il'menov Ye S, Azimi N A (1977) Find of weeksite-group minerals in Afghanistan, Doklady Akademii Nauk SSSR Earth Science Sections, 237, 226-228 [view file] |
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Yeremenko G K, Il'menov Ye S, Azimi N A (1977) Find of weeksite-group minerals in Afghanistan [Russian], Doklady Akademii Nauk SSSR, 237, 1191-1193 [view file] |
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Jambor J L, Roberts A C (1999) New mineral names, American Mineralogist, 84, 193-198 [view file] |
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Burns P C (2001) A new uranyl silicate sheet in the structure of haiweeite and comparison to other uranyl silicates, The Canadian Mineralogist, 39, 1153-1160 [view file] |
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Jambor J L, Roberts A C (2002) New mineral names, American Mineralogist, 87, 765-768 [view file] |
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Frost R L, Čejka J, Weier M L, Martens W, Kloprogge J T (2006) A Raman and infrared spectroscopic study of the uranyl silicates - weeksite, soddyite and haiweeite, Spectrochimica Acta Part A-Molecular and Biomolecular Spectroscopy, 64, 308-315 |
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Frost R L, Čejka J, Weier M L, Martens W (2006) A Raman and infrared spectroscopic study of the uranyl silicates - weeksite, soddyite and haiweeite: Part 2, Spectrochimica Acta Part A-Molecular and Biomolecular Spectroscopy, 63, 305-312 |
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Pláil J, Fejfarová K, Čejka J, Duek M, koda R, Sejkora J (2013) Revision of the crystal structure and chemical formula of haiweeite, Ca(UO2)2(Si5O12)(OH)2·6H2O, American Mineralogist, 98, 718-723 [view file] |
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