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Name: Metatorbernite RRUFF ID: R140872 Ideal Chemistry: Cu(UO2)2(PO4)2·8H2O Locality: Roland mine, Wölsendorf East District, Wölsendorf Fluorite mining District, Schwandorf, Upper Palatinate, Bavaria, Germany Source: Stefan Schorn [view label] Owner: RRUFF Description: Green platy crystals, associated with fluorite, quartz, chrysocolla, and chalcopyrite. Status: The identification of this mineral has been confirmed by single-crystal X-ray diffraction. |
Quick search: [ All Metatorbernite samples (7) ] |
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RRUFF ID: | R140872.9 | ||||||
Sample Description: | Single crystal, powder profile is calculated | ||||||
Cell Refinement Output: |
a: 6.946(2)Å b: 6.946(2)Å c: 17.258(5)Å alpha: 90° beta: 90° gamma: 90° Volume: 832.6(1)Å3 Crystal System: tetragonal |
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REFERENCES for Metatorbernite | |
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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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Hallimond A F (1916) The crystallography and dehydration of torbernite, Mineralogical Magazine, 17, 326-339 [view file] |
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Wherry E T (1923) New minerals: new species, American Mineralogist, 8, 115-116 [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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Ross M, Evans H T, Appleman D E (1964) Studies of the torbernite minerals (II): the crystal structure of meta-torbernite, American Mineralogist, 49, 1603-1621 [view file] |
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Diaz J M, Farach H A, Poole C P (1985) The magnetic properties of metatorbernite, The Canadian Mineralogist, 23, 643-646 [view file] |
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Stergiou A C, Rentzeperis P J (1993) Refinement of the crystal structure of metatorbernite, Zeitschrift für Kristallographie, 205, 1-7 [view file] |
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Calos N J, Kennard C H L (1996) Crystal structure of copper bis(uranyl phosphate) octahydrate (metatobernite), Cu(UO2PO4)2·8(H2O), Zeitschrift für Kristallographie, 211, 701-702 |
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Shannon R D, Shannon R C, Medenbach O, Fischer R X (2002) Refractive index and dispersion of fluorides and oxides, Journal of Physical and Chemical Reference Data, 31, 931-970 [view file] |
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Locock A J, Burns P C (2003) Crystal structures and synthesis of the copper-dominant members of the autunite and meta-autunite groups: torbernite, zeunerite, metatorbernite and metazeunerite, The Canadian Mineralogist, 41, 489-502 [view file] |
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Suzuki Y, Sato T, Isobe H, Kogure T, Murakami T (2005) Dehydration processes in the meta-autunite group minerals meta-autunite, metasaléeite, and metatorbernite, American Mineralogist, 90, 1308-1314 [view file] |
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Pláil J, Sejkora J, Čejka J, koda R, Goliá V (2009) Supergene mineralization of the Medvedín uranium deposit, Krkonoe Mountains, Czech Republic, Journal of Geosciences, 54, 15-56 |
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Stubbs J E, Post J E, Elbert D C, Heaney P J, Veblen D R (2010) Uranyl phosphate sheet reconstruction during dehydration of metatorbernite [Cu(UO2)2(PO4)2·8H2O], American Mineralogist, 95, 1132-1140 [view file] |
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