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Sidwillite R080047

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Name: Sidwillite
RRUFF ID: R080047
Ideal Chemistry: MoO3·2H2O
Locality: Freedom No. 2 mine, Marysvale District (Marysvale Uranium area), Piute County, Utah, USA
Source: Joe Marty JM-5110 [view label]
Owner: RRUFF
Description: Aggregates or individual blue, yellow-green, or olive green transparent euhedral crystals, associated white or milky raydemarkite (pseudomorph after sidwillite).
Status: The identification of this mineral has been confirmed by X-ray diffraction.
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RAMAN SPECTRUM 
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Sample Description: Unoriented sample
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RRUFF ID: R080047
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Sample Description: Unoriented sample
Instrument settings: Thermo Almega XR 532nm @ 10% of 150mW
POWDER DIFFRACTION 
RRUFF ID: R080047
Cell Refinement Output: a: 10.643(3) Å    b: 13.905(5) Å    c: 10.529(4)Å
alpha: 90°    beta: 91.85(2) °    gamma: 90°   Volume: 1557.5(1.4)Å3    Crystal System: monoclinic
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REFERENCES for Sidwillite

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]

Lindqvist I (1950) The crystal structure of the yellow molybdic acid, MoO3·2H2O, Acta Chemica Scandinavica, 4, 650-657   [view file]

Krebs B (1972) Die kristallstruktur von MoO3·2H2O, Acta Crystallographica, B28, 2222-2231

Cesbron F, Ginderow D (1985) La sidwillite, MoO3·2H2O; une nouvelle espèce minérale de Lake Como, Colorado, U.S.A., Bulletin de Minéralogie, 108, 813-823

Hawthorne F C, Bladh K W, Burke E A J, Ercit S, Grew E S, Grice J D, Puziewicz J, Roberts A C, Schedler R A, Shigley J E (1986) New mineral names, American Mineralogist, 71, 1543-1548   [view file]