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Name: Marthozite RRUFF ID: R090052 Ideal Chemistry: Cu2+(UO2)3(Se4+O3)2O2·8H2O Locality: Musonoi mine, Kolwezi, Katanga, Congo Source: William W. Pinch [view label] Owner: RRUFF Description: Yellowish green triangular shaped flattened and striated crystals, associated with guilleminite and green brochantite. Sample is from the same specimen used in the Cooper and Hawthorne (2001) study Status: The identification of this mineral has been confirmed only by single crystal X-ray diffraction. |
Mineral Group: [ Guilleminite (3) ] |
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RRUFF ID: | R090052.9 | ||||||
Sample Description: | Single crystal, powder profile is calculated | ||||||
Cell Refinement Output: |
a: 7.082(2)Å b: 15.843(6)Å c: 17.081(5)Å alpha: 90° beta: 90° gamma: 90° Volume: 1916(2)Å3 Crystal System: orthorhombic |
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REFERENCES for Marthozite | |
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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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Cesbron F, Oosterbosch R, Pierrot R (1969) Une nouvelle espèce minérale: la marthozite. Uranyl-sélénite de cuivre hydraté, Bulletin de la Société Française de Minéralogie et de Cristallographie, 92, 278-283 [view file] |
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Fleischer M (1970) New mineral names, American Mineralogist, 55, 533-535 [view file] |
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Cooper M A, Hawthorne F C (2001) Structure topology and hydrogen bonding in marthozite, Cu2+[(UO2)3(SeO3)2O2](H2O)8, a comparison with guilleminite, Ba[(UO2)3(SeO3)2O2](H2O)3, The Canadian Mineralogist, 39, 797-807 [view file] |
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Jambor J L, Roberts A C (2002) New mineral names, American Mineralogist, 87, 355-358 [view file] |
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