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Name: Sengierite RRUFF ID: R100186 Ideal Chemistry: Cu2(UO2)2(VO4)2(OH)2·6H2O Locality: Shinkolobwe mine, Katanga, Congo Source: William W Pinch [view label] Owner: RRUFF Description: Lime green thin plates Status: The identification of this mineral has been confirmed by single-crystal X-ray diffraction. |
Mineral Group: [ Sengierite (3) ] | ||
Quick search: [ All Sengierite samples (2) ] |
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POWDER DIFFRACTION | |||||||
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RRUFF ID: | R100186.9 | ||||||
Sample Description: | Single crystal, powder profile is calculated | ||||||
Cell Refinement Output: |
a: 10.590(1)Å b: 8.106(1)Å c: 10.083(1)Å alpha: 90° beta: 103.339(6)° gamma: 90° Volume: 842.2(2)Å3 Crystal System: monoclinic |
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REFERENCES for Sengierite | |
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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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Vaes J F, Kerr P F (1949) Sengierite: a preliminary description, American Mineralogist, 34, 109-120 [view file] |
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Donnay G, Donnay J D H (1955) Contribution to the crystallography of uranium minerals, in Contribution to the Crystallography of Uranium Minerals Geological Survey for the United States Atomic Energy Commission, Technical Information Service Oak Ridge 1-42 [view file] |
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Hutton C O (1957) Sengierite from Bisbee, Arizona, American Mineralogist, 42, 408-411 [view file] |
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Piret P, Declercq J P, Wauters-Stoop D (1980) Structure cristalline de la sengiérite, Bulletin de Minéralogie, 103, 176-178 |
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Fleischer M, Chao G Y, Francis C A, Pabst A (1981) New mineral names, American Mineralogist, 66, 217-220 [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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