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Phosphuranylite R050470

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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) ]
CHEMISTRY 
RRUFF ID: R050470.2
Sample Description: Microprobe Fragment
Measured Chemistry: (Ca0.70Pb0.30)Σ=1(U1.00O2)7(P1.00O4)4(OH)4·15.72H2O
Microprobe Data File: [ Download Excel File ]
RAMAN SPECTRUM 
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Sample Description: Unoriented sample, mineral burns above 50% power under the 532nm laser and 780nm spectrum is overwhelmed by fluorescence
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RRUFF ID: R050470
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Sample Description: Unoriented sample, mineral burns above 50% power under the 532nm laser and 780nm spectrum is overwhelmed by fluorescence
Instrument settings: Thermo Almega XR 532nm @ 50% of 150mW
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POWDER DIFFRACTION 
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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Calculated diffraction file.

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Output file from the Bruker D8 Advance instrument. Includes device headers and XY data.

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REFERENCES for Phosphuranylite

American Mineralogist Crystal Structure Database Record: [view record]

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]

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]

Genth F A (1879) Examination of the North Carolina uranium minerals, American Chemical Journal, 1, 87-93   [view file]

Hogarth D D, Nuffield E W (1954) Studies of radioactive compounds: VII - Phosphuranylite and dewindtite, American Mineralogist, 39, 444-447   [view file]

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

Jambor J L, Puziewicz J (1991) New mineral names, American Mineralogist, 76, 1728-1735   [view file]

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

Jambor J L, Puziewicz J (1992) New mineral names, American Mineralogist, 77, 1116-1121   [view file]

Plášil J, Sejkora J, Čejka J, Škoda R, Goliáš V (2009) Supergene mineralization of the Medvedín uranium deposit, Krkonoše Mountains, Czech Republic, Journal of Geosciences, 54, 15-56