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Tengchongite R190032

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	Name: Tengchongite RRUFF ID: R190032 Ideal Chemistry: Ca(UO₂)₆(MoO₄OH)₂O₂(OH)₄·9H₂O Locality: Tengchong County, Yunnan Province, China. Source: Guang Fan [view label] [view label] Owner: RRUFF Description: Loose yellow crystals. Part of type sample Status: The identification of this mineral has been confirmed only by single crystal X-ray diffraction.
Mineral Group: [ Not in a structural group (133) ]

CHEMISTRY

RRUFF ID:	R190032.2
Sample Description:	Microprobe Fragment

POWDER DIFFRACTION

RRUFF ID:

R190032.9

Sample Description:

Single crystal, powder profile is calculated

Cell Refinement Output:

a: 15.6800(9) Å b: 13.0866(8)Å c: 17.6794(12) Å
alpha: 90° beta: 90° gamma: 90° Volume: 3627.8(4)Å³ Crystal System: orthorhombic

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REFERENCES for Tengchongite
American Mineralogist Crystal Structure Database Record: [view record]
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]
Chen Z, Luo K, Tan F, Zhang Y, Gu X (1986) Tengchongite, a new mineral of hydrated calcium uranyl molybdate, Kexue Tongbao, 31, 396-401 [view file]
Hawthorne F C, Burke E A J, Ercit T S, Grew E S, Grice J D, Jambor J L, Puziewicz J, Roberts A C, Vanko D A (1988) New mineral names, American Mineralogist, 73, 189-199 [view file]
Li T, Fan G, Ge X, Wang T, Yu A, Deng L (2022) Crystal structure of tengchongite with a revised chemical formula Ca(UO₂)₆(MoO₄OH)₂O₂(OH)₄·9H₂O, The Canadian Mineralogist, 60, 533-542