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Name: Andersonite RRUFF ID: R080133 Ideal Chemistry: Na2Ca(UO2)(CO3)3·5-6H2O Locality: Monte Cristo mine, Cane Springs Canyon, near Moab, Grand County, Utah, USA Source: James Shigley [view label] Owner: RRUFF Description: Bright yellowish green platy to granular crystals Status: The identification of this mineral has been confirmed only by single crystal X-ray diffraction. |
Mineral Group: [ Not in a structural group (133) ] |
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RRUFF ID: | R080133.9 | ||||||
Sample Description: | Single crystal, powder profile is calculated | ||||||
Cell Refinement Output: |
a: 18.04(3)Å b: 18.04(3)Å c: 23.90(4)Å alpha: 90° beta: 90° gamma: 120° Volume: 6738(12)Å3 Crystal System: hexagonal |
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REFERENCES for Andersonite | |
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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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Axelrod J M, Grimaldi F S, Milton C, Murata K J (1951) The uranium minerals from the Hillside mine, Yavapai County, Arizona, American Mineralogist, 36, 1-22 [view file] |
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Fleischer M (1952) New mineral names, American Mineralogist, 37, 359-362 [view file] |
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Coda A, Della Giusta A, Tazzoli V (1981) The structure of synthetic andersonite, Na2Ca[UO2(CO3)3]·xH2O (x~5.6), Acta Crystallographica, B37, 1496-1500 |
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Vochten R, Van Haverbeke L, Van Springel K (1993) Synthesis of liebigite and andersonite, and study of their thermal behavior and luminescence, The Canadian Mineralogist, 31, 167-171 [view file] |
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Vochten R, Van Haverbeke L, Van Springel K (1994) The structure and physicochemical characteristics of a synthetic phase compositionally intermediate between liebigite and andersonite, The Canadian Mineralogist, 32, 553-561 [view file] |
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Kubatko K-A, Helean K B, Navrotsky A, Burns P C (2005) Thermodynamics of uranyl minerals: enthalpies of formation of rutherfordine, UO2CO3, andersonite, Na2CaUO2(CO3)3(H2O)5, and grimselite, K3NaUO2(CO3)3H2O, American Mineralogist, 90, 1284-1290 [view file] |
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