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Name: Vandendriesscheite RRUFF ID: R090064 Ideal Chemistry: Pb1.6(UO2)10O6(OH)11·11H2O Locality: Shinkolobwe mine, Katanga, Congo Source: William W. Pinch [view label] Owner: RRUFF Description: Yellowish-orange blocky crystals associated with dark reddish-orange fourmarierite Status: The identification of this mineral has been confirmed by single-crystal X-ray diffraction. |
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RRUFF ID: | R090064.9 | ||||||
Sample Description: | Single crystal, powder profile is calculated | ||||||
Cell Refinement Output: |
a: 14.091(4)Å b: 41.137(4)Å c: 14.54(1)Å alpha: 90° beta: 90° gamma: 90° Volume: 8426(5)Å3 Crystal System: orthorhombic |
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REFERENCES for Vandendriesscheite | |
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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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Vaes J F (1947) Six nouveaux minéraux d'urane provenant de Shinkolobwe (Katanga), Annales de la Société Géologique de Belgique, 70, B212-B225 [view file] |
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Fleischer M (1948) New mineral names, American Mineralogist, 33, 384-386 [view file] |
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Christ C L, Clark J R (1960) Crystal chemical studies of uranyl oxide hydrates, American Mineralogist, 45, 1026-1061 [view file] |
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Burns P C (1997) A new uranyl oxide hydrate sheet in vandendriesscheite: Implications for mineral paragenesis and the corrosion of spent nuclear fuel, American Mineralogist, 82, 1176-1186 [view file] |
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Frost R L, Čejka J, Weier M L (2007) Raman spectroscopic study of the uranyl oxyhydroxide hydrates: becquerelite, billietite, curite, schoepite and vandendriesscheite, Journal of Raman Spectroscopy, 38, 460-466 |
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Krivovichev S V (2013) Structural complexity of minerals: information storage and processing in the mineral world, Mineralogical Magazine, 77, 275-326 |
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