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Name: Curite RRUFF ID: R130657 Ideal Chemistry: Pb3+x[(UO2)4O4+x(OH)3-x]2·2H2O Locality: Musonoi mine, Kolwezi, Kolwezi District, Katanga Copper Crescent, Katanga, Democratic Republic of Congo Source: Benjamin N. Schumer [view label] Owner: RRUFF Description: Orange with dark green vandenbrandeite Status: The identification of this mineral has been confirmed by single-crystal X-ray diffraction. |
| Quick search: [ All Curite samples (3) ] | ||
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| RRUFF ID: | R130657.9 | ||||||
| Sample Description: | Single crystal, powder profile is calculated | ||||||
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a: 12.5702(9)Å b: 13.034(1)Å c: 8.4069(8)Å alpha: 90° beta: 90° gamma: 90° Volume: 1388.4(2)Å3 Crystal System: cubic |
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| REFERENCES for Curite | |
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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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Schoep A (1921) La curite, nouveau minéral radioactif, Comptes Rendus Hebdomadaires des Séances de l'Académie des Sciences, 173, 1186-1187 [view file] |
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Wherry E T, Poitevin E (1922) New species, American Mineralogist, 7, 128-129 [view file] |
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Burns P C, Hill F C (2000) Implications of the synthesis and structure of the Sr analogue of curite, The Canadian Mineralogist, 38, 175-181 [view file] |
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Li Y, Burns P C (2000) Investigations of crystal-chemical variability in lead uranyl oxide hydrates. I. curite, The Canadian Mineralogist, 38, 727-735 [view file] |
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Jambor J L, Kovalenker V A, Roberts A C (2001) New mineral names, American Mineralogist, 86, 376-379 [view file] |
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Schindler M, Mandaliev P, Hawthorne F C, Putnis A (2006) Dissolution of uranyl-oxide-hydroxy-hydrate minerals. I. Curite, The Canadian Mineralogist, 44, 415-431 [view file] |
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Frost R L, Čejka J, Weier M L (2007) Raman spectroscopic study of the uranyl oxyhydroxide hydrates: becquerelite, billietite, curite, schoepite and vandendriesscheite, Journal of Raman Spectroscopy, 38, 460-466 |
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Ghazisaeed S, Kiefer B, Pláil J (2019) Revealing hydrogen atoms in a highly-absorbing material: an X-ray diffraction study and Torque method calculations for lead-uranyl-oxide mineral curite, RSC Advances, 9, 10058-10063 |
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