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Name: Wölsendorfite RRUFF ID: R090051 Ideal Chemistry: Pb7(UO2)14O19(OH)4·12H2O Locality: Shinkolobwe mine, Katanga, Congo Source: William W. Pinch [view label] Owner: RRUFF Description: A crust of orange blocky crystals. Sample is from the specimen used in the Burns (1999) study. Associated with pale yellow bladed or acicular rutherfordine. Status: The identification of this mineral has been confirmed by single-crystal X-ray diffraction. |
Mineral Group: [ Wolsendorfite (2) ] |
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RRUFF ID: | R090051.9 | ||||
Sample Description: | Single crystal, powder profile is calculated | ||||
Cell Refinement Output: |
a: 12.040(5)Å b: 13.766(7)Å c: 6.966(4)Å alpha: 90° beta: 90° gamma: 90° Volume: 1154.4(4)Å3 Crystal System: orthorhombic |
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REFERENCES for Wölsendorfite | |
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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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Fleischer M (1957) New mineral names, American Mineralogist, 42, 919-921 [view file] |
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Protas J (1957) La wölsendorfite, nouvelle espèce uranifère, Comptes Rendus Hebdomadaires des Séances de l'Académie des Sciences, 244, 2942-2944 |
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Belova L N, Ryzhov B I, Fedorov O V, Lyubomilova G V (1985) Typomorphism and isomorphism of the wölsendorfite group of uranium hydroxides, Izvestiya Akademii Nauk SSSR, Seriya Geologicheskaya, 1985, issue 2 65-72 [view file] |
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Burns P C (1999) A new complex sheet of uranyl polyhedra in the structure of wölsendorfite, American Mineralogist, 84, 1661-1673 [view file] |
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