Sengierite R100186
Name: Sengierite
RRUFF ID: R100186
Ideal Chemistry: Cu2(UO2)2(VO4)2(OH)2·6H2O
Locality: Shinkolobwe mine, Katanga, Congo
Source: William W Pinch [view label]
Owner: RRUFF
Description: Lime green thin plates
Status: The identification of this mineral has been confirmed by single-crystal X-ray diffraction.
Mineral Group: [ Sengierite (3) ]
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RAMAN SPECTRUM 
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Sample Description: Unoriented Raman on the primary sample
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RRUFF ID: R100186
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Sample Description: Unoriented Raman on the primary sample
Instrument settings: Thermo Almega XR 532nm @ 50% of 150mW
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POWDER DIFFRACTION 
RRUFF ID: R100186.9
Sample Description: Single crystal, powder profile is calculated
Cell Refinement Output: a: 10.590(1)Å    b: 8.106(1)Å    c: 10.083(1)Å
alpha: 90°    beta: 103.339(6)°    gamma: 90°   Volume: 842.2(2)Å3    Crystal System: monoclinic
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Output file from the Bruker D8 Advance instrument. Includes device headers and XY data.

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REFERENCES for Sengierite

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]

Vaes J F, Kerr P F (1949) Sengierite: a preliminary description, American Mineralogist, 34, 109-120   [view file]

Donnay G, Donnay J D H (1955) Contribution to the crystallography of uranium minerals, in Contribution to the Crystallography of Uranium Minerals Geological Survey for the United States Atomic Energy Commission, Technical Information Service Oak Ridge 1-42   [view file]

Hutton C O (1957) Sengierite from Bisbee, Arizona, American Mineralogist, 42, 408-411   [view file]

Piret P, Declercq J P, Wauters-Stoop D (1980) Structure cristalline de la sengiérite, Bulletin de Minéralogie, 103, 176-178

Fleischer M, Chao G Y, Francis C A, Pabst A (1981) New mineral names, American Mineralogist, 66, 217-220   [view file]

Burke E A J (2008) Tidying up mineral names: an IMA-CNMNC scheme for suffixes, hyphens and diacritical marks, The Mineralogical Record, 39, 131-135   [view file]