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Haiweeite R060732

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Name: Haiweeite
RRUFF ID: R060732
Ideal Chemistry: Ca(UO2)2(Si5O12)(OH)2·6H2O
Locality: Los Azules, Copiapo, Chile
Source: Bob Jenkins [view label]
Owner: RRUFF
Description: Spherical aggregates of yellow acicular crystals
Status: The identification of this mineral is not yet confirmed.
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RAMAN SPECTRUM 
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Sample Description: Unoriented sample
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RRUFF ID: R060732
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Sample Description: Unoriented sample
Instrument settings: Thermo Almega XR 532nm @ 100% of 150mW
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POWDER DIFFRACTION 
RRUFF ID: R060732.9
Sample Description: Powder, using Mo radiation
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Output file from the Bruker D8 Advance instrument. Includes device headers and XY data.

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

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REFERENCES for Haiweeite

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]

McBurney T C, Murdoch J (1959) Haiweeite, a new uranium mineral from California, American Mineralogist, 44, 839-843   [view file]

Fleischer M (1960) New mineral names, American Mineralogist, 45, 753-756   [view file]

International Mineralogical Association (1962) International Mineralogical Association: Commission on new minerals and mineral names, Mineralogical Magazine, 33, 260-263   [view file]

Yeremenko G K, Il'menov Ye S, Azimi N A (1977) Find of weeksite-group minerals in Afghanistan, Doklady Akademii Nauk SSSR Earth Science Sections, 237, 226-228   [view file]

Yeremenko G K, Il'menov Ye S, Azimi N A (1977) Find of weeksite-group minerals in Afghanistan [Russian], Doklady Akademii Nauk SSSR, 237, 1191-1193   [view file]

Jambor J L, Roberts A C (1999) New mineral names, American Mineralogist, 84, 193-198   [view file]

Burns P C (2001) A new uranyl silicate sheet in the structure of haiweeite and comparison to other uranyl silicates, The Canadian Mineralogist, 39, 1153-1160   [view file]

Jambor J L, Roberts A C (2002) New mineral names, American Mineralogist, 87, 765-768   [view file]

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

Plášil J, Fejfarová K, Čejka J, Dušek M, Škoda R, Sejkora J (2013) Revision of the crystal structure and chemical formula of haiweeite, Ca(UO2)2(Si5O12)(OH)2·6H2O, American Mineralogist, 98, 718-723   [view file]