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|   | Name: Tengchongite RRUFF ID: R190032 Ideal Chemistry: Ca(UO2)6(MoO4OH)2O2(OH)4·9H2O Locality: Tengchong County, Yunnan Province, China. Source: Guang Fan [view label] [view label] Owner: RRUFF Description: Loose yellow crystals. Part of type sample Status: The identification of this mineral has been confirmed only by single crystal X-ray diffraction. | |
| Mineral Group: [ Not in a structural group (133) ] | ||
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| RRUFF ID: | R190032.9 | ||||
| Sample Description: | Single crystal, powder profile is calculated | ||||
| Cell Refinement Output: | a: 15.6800(9) Å    b: 13.0866(8)Å    c: 17.6794(12) Å alpha: 90° beta: 90° gamma: 90° Volume: 3627.8(4)Å3 Crystal System: orthorhombic | ||||
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| REFERENCES for Tengchongite | |
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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] | |
| Chen Z, Luo K, Tan F, Zhang Y, Gu X (1986) Tengchongite, a new mineral of hydrated calcium uranyl molybdate, Kexue Tongbao, 31, 396-401 [view file] | |
| Hawthorne F C, Burke E A J, Ercit T S, Grew E S, Grice J D, Jambor J L, Puziewicz J, Roberts A C, Vanko D A (1988) New mineral names, American Mineralogist, 73, 189-199 [view file] | |
| Li T, Fan G, Ge X, Wang T, Yu A, Deng L (2022) Crystal structure of tengchongite with a revised chemical formula Ca(UO2)6(MoO4OH)2O2(OH)4ยท9H2O, The Canadian Mineralogist, 60, 533-542 | |
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