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|   | Name: Schröckingerite RRUFF ID: R050565 Ideal Chemistry: NaCa3(UO2)(SO4)(CO3)3F·10H2O Locality: Lost Creek, Sweetwater County, Wyoming, USA Source: Dave Bunk Minerals Owner: RRUFF Description: Scaly aggregate of pale green micaceous crystals Status: The identification of this mineral has been confirmed by X-ray diffraction and chemical analysis | |
| Quick search: [ All Schröckingerite samples (2) ] | ||
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| RRUFF ID: | R050565.1 | |||||||
| Sample Description: | Powder | |||||||
| Cell Refinement Output: | a: 9.69(2)Å    b: 9.579(2)Å    c: 14.257(7)Å alpha: 91.56(3)° beta: 92.53(9)° gamma: 120.66(5)° Volume: 1130(1)Å3 Crystal System: triclinic | |||||||
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| REFERENCES for Schröckingerite | |
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| 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] | |
| Schrauf A (1873) Schröckingerit, ein neues Mineral von Joachimsthal, Tschermaks Mineralogische und Petrographische Mitteilungen, 1, 137-138 [view file] | |
| Jaffe H W, Sherwood A M, Peterson M J (1948) New data on schroeckingerite, American Mineralogist, 33, 152-157 [view file] | |
| Axelrod J M, Grimaldi F S, Milton C, Murata K J (1951) The uranium minerals from the Hillside mine, Yavapai County, Arizona, American Mineralogist, 36, 1-22 [view file] | |
| Smith D K (1959) An X-ray crystallographic study of schroeckingerite and its dehydration product, American Mineralogist, 44, 1020-1025 [view file] | |
| Mereiter K (1986) Crystal structure and crystallographic properties of a schröckingerite from Joachimsthal, Tschermaks Mineralogische und Petrographische Mitteilungen, 35, 1-18 | |
| Li Y, Krivovichev S V, Burns P C (2001) The crystal structure of Na4(UO2)(CO3)3 and its relationship to schröckingerite, Mineralogical Magazine, 65, 297-304 [view file] | |
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