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Name: Grimselite RRUFF ID: R141028 Ideal Chemistry: K3Na(UO2)(CO3)3·H2O Locality: Rovnost Mine, Jáchymov, Krušné Hory Mts, Karlovy Vary, Bohemia, Czech Republic Source: William W. Pinch [view label] Owner: RRUFF Description: Radial aggregate of light or greenish yellow bladed crystals Status: The identification of this mineral has been confirmed by single-crystal X-ray diffraction. |
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RRUFF ID: | R141028.9 | ||||||
Sample Description: | Single crystal, powder profile is calculated | ||||||
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a: 9.258(2)Å b: 9.258(2)Å c: 8.200(1)Å alpha: 90° beta: 90° gamma: 120° Volume: 608.67(6)Å3 Crystal System: hexagonal |
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REFERENCES for Grimselite | |
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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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Walenta K (1972) Grimselit, ein neues Kalium-Natrium-Uranylkarbonat aus dem Grimselgebiet (Oberhasli, Kt. Bern, Schweiz), Schweizerische Mineralogische und Petrographische Mitteilungen, 52, 93-108 |
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Fleischer M (1973) New mineral names, American Mineralogist, 58, 139-141 [view file] |
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Li Y, Burns P C (2001) The crystal structure of synthetic grimselite, K3Na[(UO2)(CO3)3](H2O), The Canadian Mineralogist, 39, 1147-1151 [view file] |
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Kubatko K-A, Helean K B, Navrotsky A, Burns P C (2005) Thermodynamics of uranyl minerals: enthalpies of formation of rutherfordine, UO2CO3, andersonite, Na2CaUO2(CO3)3(H2O)5, and grimselite, K3NaUO2(CO3)3H2O, American Mineralogist, 90, 1284-1290 [view file] |
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Roth P (2007) Grimselite, in Minerals first discovered in Switzerland and minerals named after Swiss individuals Kristallografik Verlag Achberg Germany 78-79 |
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Plášil J, Fejfarová K, Skála R, Škoda R, Meisser N, Hloušek J, Císařová I, Dušek M, Veselovský F, Čejka J, Sejkora J, Ondruš P (2012) The crystal chemistry of the uranyl carbonate mineral grimselite, (K,Na)3Na[(UO2)(CO3)3](H2O), from Jáchymov, Czech Republic, Mineralogical Magazine, 76, 443-453 [view file] |
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