Richetite R090053
Name: Richetite
RRUFF ID: R090053
Ideal Chemistry: (Fe3+,Mg)xPb2+8.6(UO2)36O36(OH)24·41H2O
Locality: Shinkolobwe mine, Katanga, Congo
Source: William W. Pinch [view label]
Owner: RRUFF
Description: Brown plates. Sample is from the same specimen used in the Burns (1998) study.
Status: The identification of this mineral has been confirmed by single-crystal X-ray diffraction.
RAMAN SPECTRUM 
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Sample Description: Unoriented Sample
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Sample Description: Unoriented Sample
Instrument settings: Thermo Almega XR 532nm @ 25% of 150mW
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POWDER DIFFRACTION 
RRUFF ID: R090053.9
Sample Description: Single crystal, powder profile is calculated
Cell Refinement Output: a: 21.001(8)Å    b: 12.158(4)Å    c: 16.452(7)Å
alpha: 103.86(1)°    beta: 115.29(1)°    gamma: 90.15(1)°   Volume: 3661(3)Å3    Crystal System: triclinic
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Output file from the Bruker D8 Advance instrument. Includes device headers and XY data.

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REFERENCES for Richetite

American Mineralogist Crystal Structure Database Record: [view record]

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]

Vaes J F (1947) Six nouveaux minéraux d'urane provenant de Shinkolobwe (Katanga), Annales de la Société Géologique de Belgique, 70, B212-B225   [view file]

Fleischer M (1948) New mineral names, American Mineralogist, 33, 384-386   [view file]

Piret P, Deliens M (1984) Nouvelles données sur la richetite PbO.4UO3.4H2O, Bulletin de Minéralogie, 107, 581-585

Dunn P J, Ferraiolo J A, Fleischer M, Gobel V, Grice J D, Langley R H, Shigley J E, Vanko D A, Zilczer J A (1985) New mineral names, American Mineralogist, 70, 1329-1335   [view file]

Burns P C (1998) The structure of richetite, a rare lead uranyl oxide hydrate, The Canadian Mineralogist, 36, 187-199   [view file]

Plášil J (2017) Crystal structure of richetite revisited: Crystallographic evidence for the presence of pentavalent uranium, American Mineralogist, 102, 1771-1775   [view file]