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Widenmannite R080029
Name: Widenmannite
RRUFF ID: R080029
Ideal Chemistry: Pb2(OH)2[(UO2)(CO3)2]
Locality: Pribram, Bohemia, Czechoslovakia
Source: William W. Pinch [view label]
Owner: RRUFF
Description: Spherical aggregates of tan to colorless acicular crystals
Status: The identification of this mineral is not yet confirmed.
RAMAN SPECTRUM 
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Sample Description: Unoriented sample
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RRUFF ID: R080029
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Sample Description: Unoriented sample
Instrument settings: Thermo Almega XR 532nm @ 30% of 150mW
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POWDER DIFFRACTION 
RRUFF ID: R080029.9
Sample Description: Powder, using Mo radiation
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Output file from the Bruker D8 Advance instrument. Includes device headers and XY data.

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REFERENCES for Widenmannite

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]

Walenta K, Wimmenauer W (1961) Der Mineralbestand des Michaelganges im Weiler bei Lahr (Schwarzwald), Jahreshefte des Geologischen Landesamtes in Baden-Württemberg, 4, 7-37

Fleischer M (1962) New mineral names, American Mineralogist, 47, 414-420   [view file]

Walenta K (1976) Widenmannit und Joliotit, zwei neue Uranylkarbonatmineralien aus dem Schwarzwald, Schweizerische Mineralogische und Petrographische Mitteilungen, 56, 167-185

Elton N J, Hooper J J (1995) Widenmannite from Cornwall, England: the second world occurrence, Mineralogical Magazine, 59, 745-749   [view file]

Plášil J, Čejka J, Sejkora J, Škácha P, Goliáš V, Jarka P, Laufek F, Jehlicka J, Nemec I, Strnad L (2010) Widenmannite, a rare uranyl lead carbonate: occurrence, formation and characterization, Mineralogical Magazine, 74, 97-110   [view file]

Plášil J, Palatinus L, Rohlícek J, Houdková L, Klementova M, Goliáš V, Škácha P (2014) Crystal structure of lead uranyl carbonate mineral widenmannite: Precession electron-diffraction and synchrotron powder-diffraction study, American Mineralogist, 99, 276-282