Fourmarierite R100187
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) ]
RAMAN SPECTRUM 
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Sample Description: Unoriented Raman on the primary sample
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RRUFF ID: R100187
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Sample Description: Unoriented Raman on the primary sample
Instrument settings: Thermo Almega XR 532nm @ 30% of 150mW
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POWDER DIFFRACTION 
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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Output file from the Bruker D8 Advance instrument. Includes device headers and XY data.

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REFERENCES for Fourmarierite

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]

Buttgenbach H (1924) Minéralogie du Congo Belge. La fourmariérite nouvell espèce minérale, Annales de la Société Géologique de Belgique, 47, C41-C43   [view file]

Christ C L, Clark J R (1960) Crystal chemical studies of uranyl oxide hydrates, American Mineralogist, 45, 1026-1061   [view file]

Piret P (1985) Structure cristalline de la fourmariérite, Pb(UO2)4O3(OH)4·4H2O, Bulletin de Minéralogie, 108, 659-665

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]

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]

Jambor J L, Kovalenker V A, Roberts A C (2001) New mineral names, American Mineralogist, 86, 376-379   [view file]

Sejkora J, Plášil J, Bureš 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