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Name: Schmitterite RRUFF ID: R060524 Ideal Chemistry: (UO2)(Te4+O3) Locality: Moctezuma mine, Moctezuma, Sonora, Mexico Source: Michael Scott S100201 [view label] Owner: RRUFF Description: Pale yellow rosette associated with green emmonsite, R060802 Status: The identification of this mineral has been made only by X-ray diffraction. |
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POWDER DIFFRACTION | ||||||||
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RRUFF ID: | R060524.9 | |||||||
Sample Description: | Powder, using Mo radiation | |||||||
Cell Refinement Output: |
a: 10.114(3)Å b: 5.404(4)Å c: 7.861(3)Å alpha: 90° beta: 90° gamma: 90° Volume: 429.7(2)Å3 Crystal System: orthorhombic |
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REFERENCES for Schmitterite | |
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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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Gaines R V (1971) Schmitteritea new uranyl tellurite from Moctezuma, Sonora, American Mineralogist, 56, 411-415 [view file] |
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Galy J, Meunier G (1971) A propos de la cliffordite UTe3O8. Le système UO3TeO2 à 700°C. Structure cristalline de UTe3O9, Acta Crystallographica, B27, 608-616 |
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Meunier G, Galy J (1973) Structure cristalline de la schmitterite synthétique UTeO5, Acta Crystallographica, B29, 1251-1255 |
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Loopstra B O, Brandenburg N P (1978) Uranyl selenite and uranyl tellurite, Acta Crystallographica, B34, 1335-1337 |
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