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Name: Fourmarierite RRUFF ID: R100187 Ideal Chemistry: Pb1-xO3-2x(UO2)4(OH)4+2x·4H2O Locality: Shinkolobwe mine, Kasolo, Katanga, Congo Source: James Shigley [view label] Owner: RRUFF Description: Orange-yellow blocky to tabular crystals Status: The identification of this mineral has been confirmed by single-crystal X-ray diffraction. |
| Mineral Group: [ Schoepite (4) ] | ||
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| RRUFF ID: | R100187.9 | ||||||
| Sample Description: | Single crystal, powder profile is calculated | ||||||
| Cell Refinement Output: |
a: 13.994(4)Å b: 16.386(5)Å c: 14.315(4)Å alpha: 90° beta: 90° gamma: 90° Volume: 3282.6(8)Å3 Crystal System: orthorhombic |
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| REFERENCES for Fourmarierite | |
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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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Buttgenbach H (1924) Minéralogie du Congo Belge. La fourmariérite nouvell espèce minérale, Annales de la Société Géologique de Belgique, 47, C41-C43 [view file] |
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Christ C L, Clark J R (1960) Crystal chemical studies of uranyl oxide hydrates, American Mineralogist, 45, 1026-1061 [view file] |
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Piret P (1985) Structure cristalline de la fourmariérite, Pb(UO2)4O3(OH)4·4H2O, Bulletin de Minéralogie, 108, 659-665 |
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Hawthorne F C, Bladh K W, Burke E A J, Grew E S, Langley R H, Puciewicz J, Roberts A C, Schedler R A, Shigley J E, Vanko D A (1987) New mineral names, American Mineralogist, 72, 222-230 [view file] |
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Li Y, Burns P C (2000) Investigations of crystal-chemical variability in lead uranyl oxide hydrates. II. Fourmarierite, The Canadian Mineralogist, 38, 737-749 [view file] |
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Jambor J L, Kovalenker V A, Roberts A C (2001) New mineral names, American Mineralogist, 86, 376-379 [view file] |
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Sejkora J, Pláil J, Bure B (2013) Unusual association of supergene uranium minerals from the Jan Evangelista vein, Jáchymov (Czech Republic), Bulletin Mineralogicko-Petrologického Oddelení Národního Muzea (Praha), 21, 143-156 |
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