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Name: Phosphuranylite RRUFF ID: R050470 Ideal Chemistry: KCa(H3O)3(UO2)7(PO4)4O4·8H2O Locality: La Faye mine, Grury District, Burgundy Region, France Source: University of Arizona Mineral Museum 8692 [view label] Owner: RRUFF Description: Yellow thin flattened bladed crystals Status: The identification of this mineral is confirmed by single-crystal X-ray diffraction and chemical analysis. |
Mineral Group: [ Phosphuranylite (7) ] | ||
Quick search: [ All Phosphuranylite samples (3) ] |
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BROAD SCAN WITH SPECTRAL ARTIFACTS | ||||||||||||
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POWDER DIFFRACTION | |||||||
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RRUFF ID: | R050470.9 | ||||||
Sample Description: | Single crystal, powder profile is calculated | ||||||
Cell Refinement Output: |
a: 15.806(6)Å b: 17.291(9)Å c: 13.655(8)Å alpha: 90° beta: 90° gamma: 90° Volume: 3732(7)Å3 Crystal System: orthorhombic |
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REFERENCES for Phosphuranylite | |
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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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Dana E S (1879) Examination of the North Carolina uranium minerals; by F. A. Genth, American Journal of Science and Arts, 118, 153-154 [view file] |
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Genth F A (1879) Examination of the North Carolina uranium minerals, American Chemical Journal, 1, 87-93 [view file] |
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Hogarth D D, Nuffield E W (1954) Studies of radioactive compounds: VII - Phosphuranylite and dewindtite, American Mineralogist, 39, 444-447 [view file] |
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Demartin F, Diella V, Donzelli S, Gramaccioli C M, Pilati T (1991) The importance of accurate crystal structure determination of uranium minerals. I. phosphuranylite KCa(H3O)3(UO2)7(PO4)4O4·8H2O, Acta Crystallographica, B47, 439-446 |
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Jambor J L, Puziewicz J (1991) New mineral names, American Mineralogist, 76, 1728-1735 [view file] |
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Piret P, Piret-Meunier J (1991) Composition chimique et structure cristalline de la phosphuranylite Ca(UO2)[(UO2)3(OH)2(PO4)2]2·12H2O, European Journal of Mineralogy, 3, 69-77 |
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Jambor J L, Puziewicz J (1992) New mineral names, American Mineralogist, 77, 1116-1121 [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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