Curienite R050548
Name: Curienite
RRUFF ID: R050548
Ideal Chemistry: Pb(UO2)2(VO4)2·5H2O
Locality: Mounana mine, Franceville, Haut-Ogooué, Gabon
Source: University of Arizona Mineral Museum 13480 [view label]
Owner: RRUFF
Description: Groups of heavily striated orange bladed crystals
Status: The identification of this mineral has been confirmed by X-ray diffraction and chemical analysis
Mineral Group: [ Fritzscheite (2) ]
CHEMISTRY 
RRUFF ID: R050548.2
Sample Description: Microprobe Fragment
Measured Chemistry: (Pb0.83Ba0.17)Σ=1(U1.00O2)2(V1.00O4)2·5.1H2O
Microprobe Data File: [ Download Excel File ]
RAMAN SPECTRUM 
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Sample Description: Unoriented sample
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RRUFF ID: R050548
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Sample Description: Unoriented sample
Instrument settings: Thermo Almega XR 532nm @ 100% of 150mW
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INFRARED SPECTRUM (Attenuated Total Reflectance) 
RRUFF ID: R050548.1
Instrument settings: SensIR Durascope on a Nicolet Magna 860 FTIR
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POWDER DIFFRACTION 
RRUFF ID: R050548.1
Sample Description: Powder
Cell Refinement Output: a: 10.420(2)Å    b: 8.4645(8)Å    c: 16.374(3)Å
alpha: 90°    beta: 90°    gamma: 90°   Volume: 1444.1(3)Å3    Crystal System: orthorhombic
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Calculated diffraction file.

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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 Curienite

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]

Cesbron F, Morin N (1968) Une nouvelle espèce minérale : la curiénite. Étude de la série francevillite-curiénite, Bulletin de la Société Française de Minéralogie et de Cristallographie, 91, 453-459   [view file]

Fleischer M (1969) New mineral names, American Mineralogist, 54, 1218-1223   [view file]

Borène J, Cesbron F (1971) Structure cristalline de la curiénite Pb(UO2)2(VO4)2·5H2O, Bulletin de la Société Française de Minéralogie et de Cristallographie, 94, 8-14   [view file]

Frost R L, Čejka J, Weier M L, Martens W, Henry D A (2005) Vibrational spectroscopy of selected natural uranyl vanadates, Vibrational Spectroscopy, 39, 131-138