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Brannerite R060613

Name: Brannerite
RRUFF ID: R060613
Ideal Chemistry: UTi₂O₆
Locality: Crocker's Well, South Australia, Australia
Source: Michael Scott S100886 [view label]
Owner: RRUFF
Description: Dark brown massive amorphous, note that a fragment of this sample was heated and is posted at R080091
Status: The identification of this mineral has been confirmed only by chemical analysis

Mineral Group: [ Brannerite (2) ]

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CHEMISTRY

RRUFF ID:	R060613.2
Sample Description:	Microprobe Fragment
Measured Chemistry:	(U⁴⁺_0.42U⁶⁺_0.23Th_0.13Ca_0.12Y_0.05Pb_0.05)_Σ=1(Ti_1.93Fe³⁺_0.07)₂O₆ ; (gray phase). (Th_0.81U⁴⁺_0.13Ca_0.02Y_0.02Pb_0.02)_Σ=1(Ti_1.98Fe³⁺_0.02)_Σ=2(O_5.88(OH)_0.12)_Σ=6 (bright phase = thorutite)
Microprobe Data File:	[ Download Excel File ]

RAMAN SPECTRUM

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Unoriented sample

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BROAD SCAN WITH SPECTRAL ARTIFACTS

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POWDER DIFFRACTION

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R060613.1

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Powder

File Type Information

Output file from the Bruker D8 Advance instrument. Includes device headers and XY data.

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Output file from the Bruker D8 Advance instrument. Includes device headers and XY data.

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REFERENCES for Brannerite
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]
Gordon S G (1920) New minerals, American Mineralogist, 5, 105-105 [view file]
Hess F L, Wells R C (1920) Brannerite, a new uranium mineral, Journal of the Franklin Institute, 189, 225-237 [view file]
Fleischer M (1956) New mineral names, American Mineralogist, 41, 163-168 [view file]
Hewett D F, Stone J, Levine H (1957) Brannerite from San Bernardino County, California, American Mineralogist, 42, 30-38 [view file]
Moddle D A (1957) Brannerite from Eastern Ontario, The Canadian Mineralogist, 6, 155-157 [view file]
Patchett J E, Nuffield E W (1960) Studies of radioactive compounds: X-The synthesis of crystallography of brannerite, The Canadian Mineralogist, 6, 483-490 [view file]
Fleischer M (1963) New mineral names, American Mineralogist, 48, 1413-1421 [view file]
International Mineralogical Association (1967) Commission on new minerals and mineral names, Mineralogical Magazine, 36, 131-136 [view file]
Steacy H R, Plant A G, Boyle R W (1974) Brannerite associated with native gold at the Richardson Mine, Ontario, The Canadian Mineralogist, 12, 360-363 [view file]
Szymanski J T, Scott J D (1982) A crystal-structure refinement of synthetic brannerite, UTi₂O₆, and its bearing on rate of alkaline-carbonate leaching of brannerite in ore, The Canadian Mineralogist, 20, 271-279 [view file]
Baran E J, Cabello C I, Nord A G (1987) Raman spectra of some M^IIV₂O₆ brannerite-type metavanadates, Journal of Raman Spectroscopy, 18, 405-407
James M, Watson J N (2002) The synthesis and crystal structure of doped uranium brannerite phases U_1-xM_xTi₂O₆ (M=Ca²⁺, La³⁺, and Gd³⁺), Journal of Solid State Chemistry, 165, 261-265
James M, Carter M L, Watson J N (2003) The synthesis, crystal chemistry and structures of Y-doped brannerite (U_1-xY_xTi₂O₆) and thorutite (Th_1-xY_xTi₂O₆-d) phases, Journal of Solid State Chemistry, 174, 329-333
Macmillan E, Cook N J, Ehrig K, Pring A (2017) Chemical and textural interpretation of late-stage coffinite and brannerite from the Olympic Dam IOCG-Ag-U deposit, Mineralogical Magazine, 81, 1323-1366
Turuani M, Choulet F, Eglinger A, Goncalves P, Machault J, Mercadier J, Seydoux-Guillaume A M, Reynaud S, Baron F, Beaufort D, Batonneau Y, Gouy S, Mesbah A, Szenknect S, Dacheux N, Chapon V, Pagel M (2020) Geochemical fingerprints of brannerite (UTi₂O₆): an integrated study, Mineralogical Magazine, 84, 313-334
Chen R, Siidra O I, Firsova V A, Arevalo-Lopez A, Colmont M, Ugolkov V L, Bocharov V N (2023) The chemistry, recrystallization and themal expansion of brannerite from Akchatau, Kazakhstan, Materials, 16, 1719 [link] [view file]

REFERENCES for Brannerite

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]

Gordon S G (1920) New minerals, American Mineralogist, 5, 105-105 [view file]

Hess F L, Wells R C (1920) Brannerite, a new uranium mineral, Journal of the Franklin Institute, 189, 225-237 [view file]

Fleischer M (1956) New mineral names, American Mineralogist, 41, 163-168 [view file]

Hewett D F, Stone J, Levine H (1957) Brannerite from San Bernardino County, California, American Mineralogist, 42, 30-38 [view file]

Moddle D A (1957) Brannerite from Eastern Ontario, The Canadian Mineralogist, 6, 155-157 [view file]

Patchett J E, Nuffield E W (1960) Studies of radioactive compounds: X-The synthesis of crystallography of brannerite, The Canadian Mineralogist, 6, 483-490 [view file]

Fleischer M (1963) New mineral names, American Mineralogist, 48, 1413-1421 [view file]

International Mineralogical Association (1967) Commission on new minerals and mineral names, Mineralogical Magazine, 36, 131-136 [view file]

Steacy H R, Plant A G, Boyle R W (1974) Brannerite associated with native gold at the Richardson Mine, Ontario, The Canadian Mineralogist, 12, 360-363 [view file]

Szymanski J T, Scott J D (1982) A crystal-structure refinement of synthetic brannerite, UTi₂O₆, and its bearing on rate of alkaline-carbonate leaching of brannerite in ore, The Canadian Mineralogist, 20, 271-279 [view file]

Baran E J, Cabello C I, Nord A G (1987) Raman spectra of some M^IIV₂O₆ brannerite-type metavanadates, Journal of Raman Spectroscopy, 18, 405-407

James M, Watson J N (2002) The synthesis and crystal structure of doped uranium brannerite phases U_1-xM_xTi₂O₆ (M=Ca²⁺, La³⁺, and Gd³⁺), Journal of Solid State Chemistry, 165, 261-265

James M, Carter M L, Watson J N (2003) The synthesis, crystal chemistry and structures of Y-doped brannerite (U_1-xY_xTi₂O₆) and thorutite (Th_1-xY_xTi₂O₆-d) phases, Journal of Solid State Chemistry, 174, 329-333

Macmillan E, Cook N J, Ehrig K, Pring A (2017) Chemical and textural interpretation of late-stage coffinite and brannerite from the Olympic Dam IOCG-Ag-U deposit, Mineralogical Magazine, 81, 1323-1366

Turuani M, Choulet F, Eglinger A, Goncalves P, Machault J, Mercadier J, Seydoux-Guillaume A M, Reynaud S, Baron F, Beaufort D, Batonneau Y, Gouy S, Mesbah A, Szenknect S, Dacheux N, Chapon V, Pagel M (2020) Geochemical fingerprints of brannerite (UTi₂O₆): an integrated study, Mineralogical Magazine, 84, 313-334

Chen R, Siidra O I, Firsova V A, Arevalo-Lopez A, Colmont M, Ugolkov V L, Bocharov V N (2023) The chemistry, recrystallization and themal expansion of brannerite from Akchatau, Kazakhstan, Materials, 16, 1719 [link] [view file]