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Soddyite R060361

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Name: Soddyite
RRUFF ID: R060361
Ideal Chemistry: (UO2)2(SiO4)(H2O)2
Locality: Musonoi Extension, near Kolwezi, Shaba Province, Zaire
Source: Michael Scott S100220 [view label]
Owner: RRUFF
Description: Yellow pyramidal crystals associated with light green malachite and dark green brochantite
Status: The identification of this mineral has been confirmed by single-crystal X-ray diffraction.
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CHEMISTRY 
RRUFF ID: R060361.2
Sample Description: Microprobe Fragment
RAMAN SPECTRUM 
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Sample Description: Unoriented Raman on the primary sample
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RRUFF ID: R060361
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Sample Description: Unoriented Raman on the primary sample
Instrument settings: Thermo Almega XR 532nm @ 100% of 150mW
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POWDER DIFFRACTION 
RRUFF ID: R060361.9
Sample Description: Single crystal, powder profile is calculated
Cell Refinement Output: a: 8.32(2)Å    b: 11.19(2)Å    c: 18.65(4)Å
alpha: 90°    beta: 90°    gamma: 90°   Volume: 1736(4)Å3    Crystal System: orthorhombic
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Calculated diffraction file.

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Output file from the Bruker D8 Advance instrument. Includes device headers and XY data.

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REFERENCES for Soddyite

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]

Schoep A (1922) La soddite, nouveau minéral radioactif, Comptes Rendus Hebdomadaires des Séances de l'Académie des Sciences, 174, 1066-1067   [view file]

Wherry E T, Holden E F (1922) New minerals - new species, American Mineralogist, 7, 178-180   [view file]

Gorman D H (1952) Studies of radioactive compounds: V - soddyite, American Mineralogist, 37, 386-393   [view file]

Stohl F V, Smith D K (1981) The crystal chemistry of the uranyl silicate minerals, American Mineralogist, 66, 610-625   [view file]

Demartin F, Gramaccioli C M, Pilati T (1992) The importance of accurate crystal structure determination of uranium minerals. II. Soddyite (UO2)2(SiO4)·2H2O, Acta Crystallographica, C48, 1-4

Frost R L, Čejka J, Weier M L, Martens W, Kloprogge J T (2006) A Raman and infrared spectroscopic study of the uranyl silicates - weeksite, soddyite and haiweeite, Spectrochimica Acta Part A-Molecular and Biomolecular Spectroscopy, 64, 308-315

Frost R L, Čejka J, Weier M L, Martens W (2006) A Raman and infrared spectroscopic study of the uranyl silicates - weeksite, soddyite and haiweeite: Part 2, Spectrochimica Acta Part A-Molecular and Biomolecular Spectroscopy, 63, 305-312