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Name: Thorianite RRUFF ID: R060849 Ideal Chemistry: ThO2 Locality: Belafeno, Malagasy Republic Source: Michael Scott S100914 [view label] Owner: RRUFF Description: Dark brown rough cube Status: The identification of this mineral has been confirmed by X-ray diffraction. |
Mineral Group: [ Fluorite (12) ] | ||
Quick search: [ All Thorianite samples (2) ] |
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RRUFF ID: | R060849.1 | |||||||
Sample Description: | Powder | |||||||
Cell Refinement Output: |
a: 5.60841(9)Å b: 5.60841(9)Å c: 5.60841(9)Å alpha: 90° beta: 90° gamma: 90° Volume: 176.409(9)Å3 Crystal System: cubic |
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REFERENCES for Thorianite | |
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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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Dunstan W (1904) The occurrence of thorium in Ceylon, Nature, 69, 510-511 [view file] |
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Keramidas V G, White W B (1973) Raman spectra of oxides with the fluorite structure, The Journal of Chemical Physics, 59, 1561-1562 |
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Bulakh A G, Mazalov A A (1974) Accessory thorianite from the massifs of alkaline rocks and carbonatites of Turja Peninsula (Kola Peninsula), American Mineralogist, 59, 378-380 [view file] |
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Teterin Y A, Utkin I O, Melnikov I V, Lebedev A M, Teterin A Y, Ivanov K E, Nikitin A S, Vukchevich L (2000) X-ray photoelectron study of thorium silicate ThSiO4·nH2O and uranium silicate USiO4·nH2O, Journal of Structural Chemistry, 41, 965-971 |
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Giebel R J, Gauert C D K, Marks M A W, Costin G, Markl G (2017) Multi-stage formation of REE minerals in the Palabora Carbonatite Complex, South Africa, American Mineralogist, 102, 1218-1233 |
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Chidester B A, Pardo O S, Fischer R A, Thompson E C, Heinz D L, Prescher C, Prakapenka V B, Campbell A J (2018) High-pressure phase behavior and equations of state of ThO2 polymorphs, American Mineralogist, 103, 749-756 |
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