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Name: Saléeite RRUFF ID: R070618 Ideal Chemistry: Mg(UO2)2(PO4)2(H2O)10 Locality: Shinkolobwe mine, near Kolweze, Katanga, Zaire Source: James Shigley [view label] Owner: RRUFF Description: Lemon-yellow platy aggregates, associated with green metatorbernite Status: The identification of this mineral is confirmed by single-crystal X-ray diffraction and chemical analysis. |
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RRUFF ID: | R070618.9 | ||||||
Sample Description: | Single crystal, powder profile is calculated | ||||||
Cell Refinement Output: |
a: 7.00(1)Å b: 19.97(3)Å c: 9.91(1)Å alpha: 90° beta: 134.98(4)° gamma: 90° Volume: 980(1)Å3 Crystal System: monoclinic |
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REFERENCES for Saléeite | |
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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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Thoreau J, Vaes J F (1932) La saléite, nouveau minéral uranifère, Bulletin de la Societé belge de Géologie, 42, 96-99 |
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Foshag W F (1934) New mineral names, American Mineralogist, 19, 35-36 [view file] |
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Frondel C (1951) Studies of uranium minerals (IX): saléeite and novacekite, American Mineralogist, 36, 680-686 [view file] |
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Miller S A, Taylor J C (1986) The crystal structure of saleeite, Mg(UO2PO4)2·10H2O, Zeitschrift für Kristallographie, 177, 247-253 [view file] |
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Frost R L, Weier M L (2004) Hot-stage Raman spectroscopic study of the thermal decomposition of saléeite, Journal of Raman Spectroscopy, 35, 299-307 |
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Yakubovich O V, Steele I M, Atencio D, Menezes L A, Chukanov (2008) Crystal structure of the (Mg,Fe)[UO2(P,As)O4]2·10H2O solid solution- a novel mineral variety of saléeite, Crystallography Reports, 53, issue 5 764-770 |
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Pláil J, Sejkora J, Čejka J, koda R, Goliá V (2009) Supergene mineralization of the Medvedín uranium deposit, Krkonoe Mountains, Czech Republic, Journal of Geosciences, 54, 15-56 |
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Dal Bo F, Hatert F, Mees F, Philippo S, Baijot M, Fontaine F (2016) Crystal structure of bassetite and saléeite: new insight into autunite-group minerals, European Journal of Mineralogy, 28, 663-675 |
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