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Name: Iriginite RRUFF ID: R060269 Ideal Chemistry: (UO2)Mo6+2O7·3H2O Locality: Hervey's Range Deposit, 55 kilometers west of Townsville, Queensland, Australia Source: Michael Scott S100240 [view label] Owner: RRUFF Description: Tan colored radial group of acicular prismatic crystals Status: The identification of this mineral is confirmed by single-crystal X-ray diffraction and chemical analysis. |
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RRUFF ID: | R060269.9 | ||||||
Sample Description: | Single crystal, powder profile is calculated | ||||||
Cell Refinement Output: |
a: 6.71(2)Å b: 12.84(5)Å c: 11.58(4)Å alpha: 90° beta: 90° gamma: 90° Volume: 998(2)Å3 Crystal System: orthorhombic |
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REFERENCES for Iriginite | |
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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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Soboleva M V, Pudovkina I A (1957) Iriginite, in Mineraly Urana, Spravochnik (Uranium Minerals Handbook) Moscow 249-251 [view file] |
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Fleischer M (1958) New mineral names, American Mineralogist, 43, 378-387 [view file] |
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Epshtein G Y (1959) On the molybdates of uranium moluranite and iriginite, Zapiski Vsesoyuznogo Mineralogicheskogo Obshchestva, 88, issue 5 564-570 [view file] |
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Fleischer M (1960) New mineral names, American Mineralogist, 45, 252-258 [view file] |
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Jambor J L, Roberts A C, Puziewicz J (1994) New mineral names, American Mineralogist, 79, 570-574 [view file] |
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Krivovichev S V, Burns P C (2000) The crystal chemistry of uranyl molybdates. II. The crystal structure of iriginite, The Canadian Mineralogist, 38, 847-851 [view file] |
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Jambor J L, Roberts A C (2001) New mineral names, American Mineralogist, 86, 767-770 [view file] |
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