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Name: Widenmannite RRUFF ID: R080029 Ideal Chemistry: Pb2(OH)2[(UO2)(CO3)2] Locality: Pribram, Bohemia, Czechoslovakia Source: William W. Pinch [view label] Owner: RRUFF Description: Spherical aggregates of tan to colorless acicular crystals Status: The identification of this mineral is not yet confirmed. |
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RRUFF ID: | R080029.9 | ||||||
Sample Description: | Powder, using Mo radiation | ||||||
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REFERENCES for Widenmannite | |
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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, Wimmenauer W (1961) Der Mineralbestand des Michaelganges im Weiler bei Lahr (Schwarzwald), Jahreshefte des Geologischen Landesamtes in Baden-Württemberg, 4, 7-37 |
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Fleischer M (1962) New mineral names, American Mineralogist, 47, 414-420 [view file] |
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Walenta K (1976) Widenmannit und Joliotit, zwei neue Uranylkarbonatmineralien aus dem Schwarzwald, Schweizerische Mineralogische und Petrographische Mitteilungen, 56, 167-185 |
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Elton N J, Hooper J J (1995) Widenmannite from Cornwall, England: the second world occurrence, Mineralogical Magazine, 59, 745-749 [view file] |
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Pláil J, Čejka J, Sejkora J, kácha P, Goliá V, Jarka P, Laufek F, Jehlicka J, Nemec I, Strnad L (2010) Widenmannite, a rare uranyl lead carbonate: occurrence, formation and characterization, Mineralogical Magazine, 74, 97-110 [view file] |
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Pláil J, Palatinus L, Rohlícek J, Houdková L, Klementova M, Goliá V, kácha P (2014) Crystal structure of lead uranyl carbonate mineral widenmannite: Precession electron-diffraction and synchrotron powder-diffraction study, American Mineralogist, 99, 276-282 |
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