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Name: Johannite RRUFF ID: R070061 Ideal Chemistry: Cu(UO2)2(SO4)2(OH)2·8H2O Locality: Joachimstal, Bohemia Source: William W. Pinch [view label] Owner: RRUFF Description: Emerald green transparent fragment Status: The identification of this mineral is not yet confirmed. |
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Mineral Group: [ Johannite (1) ] |
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REFERENCES for Johannite | |
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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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Haidinger W (1830) On johannite, a new mineral species, The Edinburgh Journal of Science, 3, 306-310 [view file] |
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Nováček R (1935) Study on some secondary uranium minerals (in English), Vestniku Královské Ceské Spolecnosti Nauk, 7, 1-36 [view file] |
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Yagi K, Fleischer M (1955) New mineral names, American Mineralogist, 40, 367-370 [view file] |
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Mereiter K (1982) Die kristallstruktur des johannits, Cu(UO2)2(OH)2(SO4)2·8(H2O), Tschermaks Mineralogische und Petrographische Mitteilungen, 30, 47-57 |
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Dunn P J, Cabri L J, Clark A M, Fleischer M (1983) New mineral names, American Mineralogist, 68, 849-852 [view file] |
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Frost R L, Henry D A, Erickson K (2004) Raman spectroscopic detection of wyartite in the presence of rabejacite, Journal of Raman Spectroscopy, 35, 255-260 |
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Frost R L, Čejka J, Weier M L, Martens W n, Ayoko G A (2007) Raman spectroscopy of uranopilite of different origins - implications for molecular structure, Journal of Raman Spectroscopy, 38, 398-409 |
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Colmenero F, Plášil J, Sejkora J (2022) Complete crystal structures and elastic properties of the uranyl minerals johannite, pseudojohannite and derriksite, Crystals, 12, 1503 [view file] |
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Spano T L, Olds T A, McDonnell M, Smith R, Niedziela J L, Miskowiec A, Kapsimalis R, Shields A E (2023) CURIES: Compendium of uranium Raman and infrared experimental spectra, American Mineralogist, 108, 2219-2233 |
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