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Name: Metauranocircite II RRUFF ID: R070721 Ideal Chemistry: Ba(UO2)2(PO4)2·6H2O Locality: Streuberg Quarry, Bergen, Falkenstein, Voigtland, Saxony, Germany Source: James Shigley Owner: RRUFF Description: Yellow platy crystals Status: The identification of this mineral has been confirmed by single-crystal X-ray diffraction. |
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RRUFF ID: | R070721.9 | ||||||
Sample Description: | Single crystal, powder profile is calculated | ||||||
Cell Refinement Output: |
a: 9.839(6)Å b: 16.90(1)Å c: 9.814(6)Å alpha: 90° beta: 90.09(3)° gamma: 90° Volume: 1632(1)Å3 Crystal System: monoclinic |
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REFERENCES for Metauranocircite II | |
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American Mineralogist Crystal Structure Database Record: [view record] |
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Gaubert M P (1904) Produits de déshydratation de quelques phosphates et orientation du chlorure de baryum sur les minéraux du groupe de l´autunite, Bulletin de la Société Française de Minéralogie, 27, 222-233 [view file] |
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Walenta K (1963) Über die Barium-Uranylphosphatmineralien Uranocircit I, Uranocircit II, Meta-Uranocircit I und Meta-Uranocircit II von Menzenschwand in südlichen Schwarzwald, Jahreshefte des Geologischen Landesamtes in Baden-Württemberg, 6, 113-135 |
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Vochten R F, Haverbeke L V, Springel K V (1992) Transformation of chernikovite into meta-uranocircite II, Ba(UO2)2(PO4)2.6H2O, Mineralogical Magazine, 56, 367-372 [view file] |
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Jambor J L, Burke E A J, Grew E S, Puziewicz J (1993) New mineral names, American Mineralogist, 78, 672-678 [view file] |
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Burke E A J (2008) Tidying up mineral names: an IMA-CNMNC scheme for suffixes, hyphens and diacritical marks, The Mineralogical Record, 39, 131-135 [view file] |
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