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Meta-autunite R060434

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Name: Meta-autunite
RRUFF ID: R060434
Ideal Chemistry: Ca(UO2)2(PO4)2·6H2O
Locality: Hyverneresse, Creuse, France
Source: Michael Scott S100368 [view label]
Owner: RRUFF
Description: Yellow thin tabular crystal
Status: The identification of this mineral has been confirmed by X-ray diffraction and chemical analysis
Mineral Group: [ meta-autunite (5) ]
Quick search: [ All Meta-autunite samples (4) ]
CHEMISTRY 
RRUFF ID: R060434.2
Sample Description: Microprobe Fragment
Measured Chemistry: (Ca0.88Sr0.10)∑=0.98(UO2)1.96(PO4)2.05·3.60H2O
Microprobe Data File: [ Download Excel File ]
RAMAN SPECTRUM 
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Sample Description: Unoriented Raman on the primary sample
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RRUFF ID: R060434
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Sample Description: Unoriented Raman on the primary sample
Instrument settings: Thermo Almega XR 532nm @ 100% of 150mW
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POWDER DIFFRACTION 
RRUFF ID: R060434.9
Sample Description: Single crystal, powder profile is calculated
Cell Refinement Output: a: 6.94(1)Å    b: 6.94(1)Å    c: 8.36(2)Å
alpha: 90°    beta: 90°    gamma: 90°   Volume: 402.3(5)Å3    Crystal System: tetragonal
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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 Meta-autunite

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]

Gaubert M P (1904) Produits de déshydratation de quelques phosphates et orientation du chlorure de baryum sur les minéraux du groupe de l´autunite, Bulletin de la Société Française de Minéralogie, 27, 222-233   [view file]

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]

Makarov E S, Ivanov V I (1960) The crystal structure of meta-autunite, Ca(UO2)2(PO4)2·6H2O, Doklady Akademii Nauk SSSR Earth Science Sections, 132, 601-603   [view file]

Ross M (1963) The crystallography of meta-autunite (I), American Mineralogist, 48, 1389-1393   [view file]

Butt C R M, Graham J (1981) Sodian potassian hydroxonian meta-autunite: first natural occurrence of an intermediate member of a predicted solid solution series, American Mineralogist, 66, 1068-1072   [view file]

Frost R L, Weier M L (2004) Hot-stage Raman spectroscopic study of the thermal decomposition of saléeite, Journal of Raman Spectroscopy, 35, 299-307

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]

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