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Name: Ulrichite RRUFF ID: R070748 Ideal Chemistry: CaCu(UO2)(PO4)2·4H2O Locality: Lake Boga Quarry, Lake Boga, Victoria, Australia Source: Royal Ontario Museum M52951 [view label] Owner: RRUFF Description: Radiating aggregates of light green acicular crystals associated with quartz Status: The identification of this mineral has been confirmed by single-crystal X-ray diffraction. |
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RRUFF ID: | R070748.9 | ||||||
Sample Description: | Single crystal, powder profile is calculated | ||||||
Cell Refinement Output: |
a: 12.764(7)Å b: 6.988(3)Å c: 13.011(8)Å alpha: 90° beta: 91.84(3)° gamma: 90° Volume: 1159.8(5)Å3 Crystal System: monoclinic |
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REFERENCES for Ulrichite | |
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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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Birch W D, Mumme W G, Segnit E R (1988) Ulrichite: a new copper calcium uranium phosphate from Lake Boga, Victoria, Australia, Australian Mineralogist, 3, 125-131 |
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Jambor J L, Grew E S (1990) New mineral names, American Mineralogist, 75, 240-246 [view file] |
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Kolitsch U, Giester G (2001) Revision of the crystal structure of ulrichite, CaCu2+(UO2)(PO4)2·4H2O, Mineralogical Magazine, 65, 717-724 [view file] |
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Jambor J L, Roberts A C (2002) New mineral names, American Mineralogist, 87, 996-999 [view file] |
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