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Name: Uraninite RRUFF ID: R070747 Ideal Chemistry: UO2 Locality: Topsham, Sagadahoc County, Maine, USA Source: Michael Scott S101632 [view label] Owner: RRUFF Description: Elongated dodecahedral gray-black submetallic crystals Status: The identification of this mineral has been confirmed by X-ray diffraction. |
| Mineral Group: [ Fluorite (12) ] | ||
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| RRUFF ID: | R070747.1 | |||||||
| Sample Description: | Powder | |||||||
| Cell Refinement Output: |
a: 5.4765(2)Å b: 5.4765(2)Å c: 5.4765(2)Å alpha: 90° beta: 90° gamma: 90° Volume: 164.25(2)Å3 Crystal System: cubic |
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| REFERENCES for Uraninite | |
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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 (1845) Zweite Klasse: Geogenide. XI. Ordnung, Erze. VII. Uranerz. Uranin., in Handbuch der Bestimmenden Mineralogie Bei Braumüller and Seidel Wien 546-555 [view file] |
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Rundle R E, Baenziger N C, Wilson A S, McDonald R A (1948) The structures of the carbides, nitrides, and oxides of uranium, Journal of the American Chemical Society, 70, 99-105 |
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Keramidas V G, White W B (1973) Raman spectra of oxides with the fluorite structure, The Journal of Chemical Physics, 59, 1561-1562 |
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Foord E E, Korzeb S L, Lichte F E, Fitzpatrick J J (1997) Additional studies on mixed uranyl oxide-hydroxide hydrate alteration products of uraninite from the Palermo and Ruggles granitic pegmatites, Grafton County, New Hampshire, The Canadian Mineralogist, 35, 145-151 [view file] |
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Ondruš P, Veselovský F, Gabašová A, Hloušek J, Šrein V, Vavrín I, Skála R, Sejkora J, Drábek M (2003) Primary minerals of the Jáchymov ore district, Journal of the Czech Geological Society, 48, 19-147 [view file] |
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Alexandre P, Kyser T K (2005) Effects of cationic substitutions and alteration in uraninite, and implications for the dating of uranium deposits, The Canadian Mineralogist, 43, 1005-1017 [view file] |
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Alexandre P, Peterson R C, Kyser K, Layton-Matthews D, Joy B (2014) High-Cr minerals from the Matoush Uranium Deposit in the Otish Basin, Quebec, Canada, The Canadian Mineralogist, 52, 61-75 |
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Alexandre P, Kyser K, Layton-Matthews D, Joy B (2015) Chemical compositions of natural uraninite, The Canadian Mineralogist, 53, 595-622 |
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Macmillan E, Ciobanu C L, Ehrig K, Cook N J, Pring A (2016) Chemical zoning and lattice distortion in uraninite from Olympic Dam, South Australia, American Mineralogist, 101, 2351-2354 |
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Macmillan E, Cook N J, Ehrig K, Ciobanu C L, Pring A (2016) Uraninite from the Olympic Dam IOCG-U-Ag deposit: Linking textural and compositional variation to temporal evolution, American Mineralogist, 101, 1295-1320 |
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Schindler M, Lussier A J, Bellrose J, Rouvimov S, Burns P C, Kyser T K (2017) Mobilization and agglomeration of uraninite nanoparticles: A nano-mineralogical study of samples from the Matoush Uranium ore deposit, American Mineralogist, 102, 1776-1787 |
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