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Grimselite R141028

Name: Grimselite
RRUFF ID: R141028
Ideal Chemistry: K₃Na(UO₂)(CO₃)₃·H₂O
Locality: Rovnost Mine, Jáchymov, Krušné Hory Mts, Karlovy Vary, Bohemia, Czech Republic
Source: William W. Pinch [view label]
Owner: RRUFF
Description: Radial aggregate of light or greenish yellow bladed crystals
Status: The identification of this mineral has been confirmed by single-crystal X-ray diffraction.

RAMAN SPECTRUM

RRUFF ID:

Sample Description:

Unoriented sample

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BROAD SCAN WITH SPECTRAL ARTIFACTS

RRUFF ID:

R141028

Wavelength:

Sample Description:

Unoriented sample

Instrument settings:

Thermo Almega XR 532nm @ 100% of 150mW

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POWDER DIFFRACTION

RRUFF ID:

R141028.9

Sample Description:

Single crystal, powder profile is calculated

Cell Refinement Output:

a: 9.258(2)Å b: 9.258(2)Å c: 8.200(1)Å
alpha: 90° beta: 90° gamma: 120° Volume: 608.67(6)Å³ Crystal System: hexagonal

File Type Information

Calculated diffraction file.

File Type Information

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

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REFERENCES for Grimselite
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]
Walenta K (1972) Grimselit, ein neues Kalium-Natrium-Uranylkarbonat aus dem Grimselgebiet (Oberhasli, Kt. Bern, Schweiz), Schweizerische Mineralogische und Petrographische Mitteilungen, 52, 93-108
Fleischer M (1973) New mineral names, American Mineralogist, 58, 139-141 [view file]
Li Y, Burns P C (2001) The crystal structure of synthetic grimselite, K₃Na[(UO₂)(CO₃)₃](H₂O), The Canadian Mineralogist, 39, 1147-1151 [view file]
Kubatko K-A, Helean K B, Navrotsky A, Burns P C (2005) Thermodynamics of uranyl minerals: enthalpies of formation of rutherfordine, UO₂CO₃, andersonite, Na₂CaUO₂(CO₃)₃(H₂O)₅, and grimselite, K₃NaUO₂(CO₃)₃H₂O, American Mineralogist, 90, 1284-1290 [view file]
Roth P (2007) Grimselite, in Minerals first discovered in Switzerland and minerals named after Swiss individuals Kristallografik Verlag Achberg Germany 78-79
Plášil J, Fejfarová K, Skála R, Škoda R, Meisser N, Hloušek J, Císařová I, Dušek M, Veselovský F, Čejka J, Sejkora J, Ondruš P (2012) The crystal chemistry of the uranyl carbonate mineral grimselite, (K,Na)₃Na[(UO₂)(CO₃)₃](H₂O), from Jáchymov, Czech Republic, Mineralogical Magazine, 76, 443-453 [view file]

REFERENCES for Grimselite

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]

Walenta K (1972) Grimselit, ein neues Kalium-Natrium-Uranylkarbonat aus dem Grimselgebiet (Oberhasli, Kt. Bern, Schweiz), Schweizerische Mineralogische und Petrographische Mitteilungen, 52, 93-108

Fleischer M (1973) New mineral names, American Mineralogist, 58, 139-141 [view file]

Li Y, Burns P C (2001) The crystal structure of synthetic grimselite, K₃Na[(UO₂)(CO₃)₃](H₂O), The Canadian Mineralogist, 39, 1147-1151 [view file]

Kubatko K-A, Helean K B, Navrotsky A, Burns P C (2005) Thermodynamics of uranyl minerals: enthalpies of formation of rutherfordine, UO₂CO₃, andersonite, Na₂CaUO₂(CO₃)₃(H₂O)₅, and grimselite, K₃NaUO₂(CO₃)₃H₂O, American Mineralogist, 90, 1284-1290 [view file]

Roth P (2007) Grimselite, in Minerals first discovered in Switzerland and minerals named after Swiss individuals Kristallografik Verlag Achberg Germany 78-79

Plášil J, Fejfarová K, Skála R, Škoda R, Meisser N, Hloušek J, Císařová I, Dušek M, Veselovský F, Čejka J, Sejkora J, Ondruš P (2012) The crystal chemistry of the uranyl carbonate mineral grimselite, (K,Na)₃Na[(UO₂)(CO₃)₃](H₂O), from Jáchymov, Czech Republic, Mineralogical Magazine, 76, 443-453 [view file]