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Name: Heisenbergite RRUFF ID: R140422 Ideal Chemistry: (UO2)(OH)2·H2O Locality: Menzenschwand, Southern Black Forest, Baden Württemberg, Germany Source: Thomas Theye Owner: Thomas Theye Description: Small yellow, yellow brown or orange brown prismatic crystals associated with quartz, baryte, uraninite, billietite, studtite, rutherfordine, joliotite, goethite and hematite. Type sample Status: The identification of this mineral is confirmed by single-crystal X-ray diffraction and chemical analysis. |
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Mineral Group: [ Not in a structural group (133) ] |
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RRUFF ID: | R140422.1 | ||||
Sample Description: | Powder | ||||
Cell Refinement Output: |
a: 13.10(1)Å b: 13.76(1)Å c: 14.50(1)Å alpha: 90° beta: 90° gamma: 90° Volume: 2613.7(2)Å3 Crystal System: orthorhombic |
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Threadgold I M (1960) The mineral composition of some uranium ores from the South Alligator River Area, Northern Territory, in CSIRO Mineragraphic Investigations Technical Paper No. 2 CSIRO Melbourne |
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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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Ondruš P, Veselovský F, Skála R, Císařová I, Hloušek J, Frýda J, Vavřín I, Čejka J, Gabašova A (1997) New naturally occurring phases of secondary origin from Jáchymov (Joachimsthal), Journal of the Czech Geological Society, 42, 77-107 |
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Williams P A, Hatert F, Pasero M, Mills S J (2011) IMA Commission on new minerals, nomenclature and classification (CNMNC) Newsletter 9. New minerals and nomenclature modifications approved in 2011, Mineralogical Magazine, 75, 2535-2540 [view file] |
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Walenta K, Theye T (2012) Heisenbergite, a new uranium mineral from the uranium deposit of Menzenschwand in the Southern Black Forest, Germany, Neues Jahrbuch für Mineralogie, Abhandlungen, 189, 117-123 |
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Belakovskiy D I, Cámara F, Gagne O C, Uvarova Y (2015) New mineral names, American Mineralogist, 100, 2005-2013 [view file] |
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