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Name: Tyuyamunite RRUFF ID: R060983 Ideal Chemistry: Ca(UO2)2(VO4)2·5-8H2O Locality: Ridenour mine, Coconino, Arizona, USA Source: Bob Jenkins [view label] Owner: RRUFF Description: Thin platy lemon yellow crystals associated with green tangeite Status: The identification of this mineral is not yet confirmed. |
Quick search: [ All Tyuyamunite samples (2) ] |
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RRUFF ID: | R060983.9 | ||||
Sample Description: | Single crystal, powder profile is calculated | ||||
Cell Refinement Output: |
a: 8.411(9)Å b: 8.411(9)Å c: 10.650(8)Å alpha: 90° beta: 90° gamma: 90° Volume: 753.4(2)Å3 Crystal System: tetragonal |
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REFERENCES for Tyuyamunite | |
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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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Nenadkevich K A (1912) Tyuyamunite - a new mineral, Bulletin de l'Académie Impériale des Sciences de St.-Pétersbourg, 6, 945-946 [view file] |
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Spencer L J (1913) A (sixth) list of new mineral names, Mineralogical Magazine, 16, 352-378 [view file] |
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Weeks A D, Thompson M E (1954) Identification and occurrence of uranium and vanadium minerals from the Colorado Plateaus: Tyutamunite and metatyuyamunite, Bulletin of the United States Geological Survey, 1009-B, 37-38 [view file] |
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Stern T W, Stieff L R, Girhard M N, Meyrowitz R (1956) The occurrence and properties of metatyuyamunite, Ca(UO2)2(VO4)2·3-5H2O, American Mineralogist, 41, 187-201 [view file] |
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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 |
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