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Metatorbernite from
Schneeberg, Erzgebirgskreis, Saxony, Germany


Locality type:Town
Classification
Species:Metatorbernite
Formula:Cu(UO2)2(PO4)2 · 8H2O
Confirmation
Validity:Valid - Type Locality
Associated Minerals Based on Photo Data:
Walpurgite1 photo of Metatorbernite associated with Walpurgite at this locality.
Torbernite1 photo of Metatorbernite associated with Torbernite at this locality.
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Metatorbernite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Schneeberg, Erzgebirgskreis, Saxony, Germany
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:239497
Long-form Identifier:1:3:239497:8
GUID (UUID V4):c5214cd0-e0ae-4815-9da8-aada5687146d
Localities for Metatorbernite in this Region
Wald Shaft, Neustädtel, Schneeberg, Erzgebirgskreis, Saxony, Germany
Weißer Hirsch Mine (shaft 3), Neustädtel, Schneeberg, Erzgebirgskreis, Saxony, Germany
Pucher Shaft, Wolfgangmaßen mines (Wolfgangmaaßen mines), Wolfgangmaßen, Neustädtel, Schneeberg, Erzgebirgskreis, Saxony, Germany
Ritter Mine, Schneeberg, Erzgebirgskreis, Saxony, Germany
References
Reference Search (possible matching items)
Report (issue)
Metatorbernite Cu(UO2)2(AsO4)2·8H2O Crystal Data: Tetragonal. Point Group: 4/m. Typically pseudomorphous...= 17.349(2) Z=2 X-ray Powder Pattern: Schneeberg, Germany. 8.71 (100), 3.678 (100), 3.480 (80), 3.232...torbernite (q.v.). First described from Schneeberg, Saxony, Germany. Material from the Gunnislake mine, Calstock...(1993) Refinement of the crystal structure of metatorbernite. Zeits. Krist., 205, 1-7. (5) Locock, A.J....meta-autunite groups: torbernite, zeunerite, metatorbernite and metazeunerite. Can. Mineral., 41, 489-502
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
chemical analyses. The uranyl minerals kasolite, metatorbernite, phosphuranylite, šreinite, uranophane and...diameter of 2–3 µm (2 nA and 20 μm in the case of metatorbernite). The following lines and standards were employed:...Sejkora (Tesla BS 340). 4.4. Metatorbernite, Cu(UO2)2(PO4)2.8 H2O Metatorbernite was observed in cavities...crystals up to 8–9 mm in length. The formation of metatorbernite in cavities of quartz gangue tempo- Tab. 2...older or younger. In fissures of quartz gangue, metatorbernite forms imperfect tables grouped into coatings
Report (issue)
cleavages; becoming dull on dehydration to metatorbernite. Optical Class: Uniaxial (–). ω = 1.590-1.592...7.88 21.41 100.00 (1) Leupoldsdorf, Bavaria, Germany. (2) Cu(UO2)2(PO4)2∙12H2O. Mineral Group: Autunite...some uraniferous copper deposits. Association: Metatorbernite, autunite, zeunerite, uraninite. Distribution:...Czech Republic. In Germany, at Schneeberg, Johanngeorgenstadt, and elsewhere in Saxony. Fine examples from...meta-autunite groups: torbernite, zeunerite, metatorbernite and metazeunerite. Can. Mineral., 41, 489-502
Journal (issue)
Pohl-Ströher, 97 Erika Pohl-Ströher was born in Wurzen, Saxony, on January 18, 1919, the daughter of Käthe and...into the paternal house in rural Rothenkirchen, Saxony, where she spent her childhood. Her father’s family...Houston Ste. Marie Denver Munich USA France USA Germany Melbourne Australia MEET A METEORITE AT...rare except at Chañarcillo, Chile and near Schneeberg, Germany. Chañarcillo The undisputed heavyweight champion...crystal group, 3.1 cm, from Shaft 207 at Schneeberg, Germany in the Saxon Erzgebirge; probably collected
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
“isostructural with the meta-1 hydrates of the metatorbernite group”; he consequently alters the name of...attributing 8 waters to the structure. Does the metatorbernite group exist? Probably not, and the Glossary...autunite group and meta-uranocircite along with metatorbernite and meta-autunite in the meta-autunite group...Bergen near Falkenstein, Saxony. I t was also reported from Schneeberg, Saxony; Wolsendorf, Bavaria; Srdnia...been reported from Farnwitte near Menzenschwand, Germany; Mounana, Gabon; Coconino County, Arizona; Lawrence
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
species, its comparison with asselbornite from Schneeberg, and new data for asselbornite Jiří Sejkora...uranosphaerite, goethite, Pb-bearing phosphuranylite, metatorbernite, bismutoferrite, kasolite and uranophane. The...and Raman spectra) with asselbornite from Schneeberg, Germany and new data for asselbornite are therefore...on some samples from the localities Schneeberg, Saxony, Germany (SARP et al. 1983, MARTIN & MASSANEK...Tirpersdorf, Vogtland, DOI: 10.1127/0077-7757/2007/0091 Germany (WITZKE 1996). In comparison with asselbornite
Report (issue)
Total 98.21 99.70 100.00 (1) Weisser Hirsch mine, Germany. (2) Do.; by electron microprobe, after drying...erythrite, cobaltian wad (Weisser Hirsch mine, Germany); realgar, orpiment, scorodite, mansfieldite, sodium...sodium uranospinite, arseniosiderite, metatorbernite, metazeunerite, uranophane, arsenopyrite, pyrite...and at the Daniel mine, Neustädtel-Schneeberg, Saxony, Germany. From Marbruie, near Dalbeattie, Kirkcudbrightshire...Name: To honor Mining Foreman R. Tröger, Schneeberg, Germany, who found the first specimens. Type Material:
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
bismutoferrite, bismutite, eulytite, hechtsbergite, metatorbernite, mixite, petitjeanite, preisingerite, pucherite...vein of the Weisser Hirsch mine at Schneeberg–Neustädtel, Saxony, Germany, associated with trögerite, zeunerite...(Braithwaite & Knight 1990), the Adam Heber mine, Schneeberg, Saxony (Haacke et al. 1994), the “Schurfschacht...Wismut near Geyer, Saxony (Haacke et al. 1994), at Wittichen, Schwarzwald, Germany (Walenta 1972, Krause...locality, Schmiedestollen, Wittichen, Schwarzwald, Germany. Minor to substantial amounts of phosphorus substituting
Report (volume)
--------------- _______ ----- _____________ _ Metatorbernite·------------------------------------------...mine at J ohanngeorgenstadt in the Erzgebirge of Saxony. Pitchblende had been earlier recognized from this...originally obtained from uraninite ·deposits in Saxony, Bohemia, and Cornwall. They were later supplemented...Sengierite Torbernite group Meta-autunite ) Metatorbernite . Meta-uranocircite M etatorbermte Metazeunerite...56 8.968 19. Pitchblende. Johanngeorgenstadt, Saxony. Hillebrand (1892). Remainder is He 0.02, Na20
Report (issue)
Portugal USGS-XS Aut,untte USNM R5675 Lauter, Saxony USGS-S USNM-3x3,M Ref. no. of X-ray patterns... 32 Metatorbernite (Cont.) Specimen Data Mineral and identifying number Location Metatorbernite USNM...Calstock, Cornwall, England USGS—XS USNM-10 g Metatorbernite TE Mina de Urgeirip, Portugal USGS.XSC Ref...green. Weakly dichroic. 0 E n(Schneeberg)1/ n(Tintic)a/ n(Schneeberg)1/ Dichroism 1.647 1.651 1.643...mg(uo2)2(po4)2-1oH20 Optics Orientation E (or X) n(Schneeberg)1/ 1.559 2 0.002 Colorless Y 0 (or z) 2V 1
Report (issue)
17.42 Z=2 X-ray Powder Pattern: Anton mine, Germany. 8.86 (10), 3.73 (10), 5.57 (8), 3.30 (8), 3.57...22.41 7.76 14.05 Total 99.97 100.00 (1) Schneeberg, Germany. (2) Cu(UO2 )2 (AsO4 )2 • 8H2 O. Mineral...material from: in Germany, at the Weisser Hirsch mine, Neustädtel-Schneeberg, Saxony; in the Anton mine...and Geology, Dresden; Mining Academy, Freiberg, Germany, 21730. References: (1) Palache, C., H. Berman...Electron diffraction data for some members of the metatorbernite group. Amer. Mineral., 53, 1028–1033. All rights
Journal (issue)
2018 Ctontento The Schneeberg Mining District, Western Erzgebirge, Saxony, Germany ...................................................... 651 Famous Schneeberg Silver Specimens ................. 709 The "Find...spray, 4.4 cm, in a quartz-lined pocket, from Schneeberg. Gail and Jim Spann collection; Tom Spann photo...engraving depicts various historical mining scenes at Schneeberg including the famous 1477 "Silver Table" discovery...Thomas P. Moore7 The Schneeberg District in the famous Saxon Erzgebirge of Germany has been a source of
Report (issue)
= 8.58 Z=1 X-ray Powder Pattern: Anton mine, Germany. 8.52 (10), 3.57 (9), 2.14 (6), 4.29 (5), 1.791...5.05 (4b), 3.02 (4) Chemistry: (1) Anton mine, Germany; no chemical analysis has been performed; identification...Nováčekite (Germany, England); bassetite, saléeite (Sue mine, Arizona, USA). Distribution: In Germany, in the...Oberwolfach; in the Weisser Hirsch mine, Schneeberg, Saxony; from Ellweiler, Rhineland-Palatinate. In...Electron diffraction data for some members of the metatorbernite group. Amer. Mineral., 53, 1028–1033. All
Report (issue)
zeunerite. In Germany, from the Walpurgis vein, Weisser Hirsch mine, Neustädtel-Schneeberg, Saxony; at Sailauf...(1828-1907), Director, School of Mines, Freiberg, Germany. Type Material: State Museum of Mineralogy and...and Geology, Dresden; Mining Academy, Freiberg, Germany, 21730; now metazeunerite. References: (1) Palache...meta-autunite groups: torbernite, zeunerite, metatorbernite and metazeunerite. Can. Mineral., 41, 489-502
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
supposedly (UOz)r(AsOn)2.12H:O,is a member of the metatorbernite group and probably has the composition IIz(UOr)z(AsOr)z'81{gO...WeisserHirsch mine at Neustedtel, near Schneeberg,Saxony, Germany, and was first named and describedby...al..1920\. The only available analysis of the Schneeberg material, made by Winkler (1873), establishedthe...material was found to be uniaxial negative; the Schneeberg material, anomalously biaxial negative. Neither...specimenslabelled uranospinite and troegerite from Schneeberg, Saxony, were examined by means of optical and x-ray
Report (issue)
northwest of Lakeview, Lake Co., Oregon, USA. In Germany, in the Black Forest, from the Sophia mine and...northeast of Aschaffenburg, Bavaria; in Saxony, from Schneeberg; in RhinelandPalatinate, at Ellweiler....Electron diffraction data for some members of the metatorbernite group. Amer. Mineral., 53, 1028-1033. (3) Locock
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Sejkora et al. ßer Hirsch at Schneeberg-Neustädtel, Saxony, Germany, in association with trögerite...(Braithwaite & Knight 1990); the mine Adam Heber, Schneeberg, Saxony (Haacke et al. 1994); the mine “Schurfschacht...SDAG Wismut near Geyer, Saxony (Haacke et al. 1994); Wittichen, Schwarzwald, Germany (Walenta 1972, Krause...locality Schmiedestollen, Wittichen, Schwarzwald, Germany. Occurrence The small ore deposit Smrkovec is...secondary minerals reported for a long time – metatorbernite, autunite and zippeite (Kratochvíl 1963, TuÏcek
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
the Weisser Hirsch mine at Neustädtel near Schneeberg, Saxony, associated with walpurgite, uranospinite...phosphuranylite, uranophane, walpurgite and metatorbernite in the supergene mineralization of uranium...uranosphaerite from the Clara mine (Black Forest, Germany) and compared especially all available X-ray powder...uranosphaerite from the Clara mine (Black Forest, Germany) were determined from single-crystal X-ray diffraction...Tesla 320. solite and a green member of the metatorbernite-metazeunerite series. The second morphological
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
metauranocircite and torbernite versus metatorbernite (and the metatorbernite group in general) have been discussed...minerals are meta-autunite, torbernite and metatorbernite, phosphuranylite, saleeite, uranophane, uranophane-beta...Warren County, where it occurs with torbernite, metatorbernite, and copper minerals, and at High Bridge, Morris...yellow tabular crystals with torbernite and metatorbernite in a fracture zone in quartz monzonite in the...Zschopau, and Falkenstein, Saxony; the Pucher shaft at Schneeberg, Saxony; the famous pegmatites at Hagendorf
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
the As-analogue of saléeite, from Schneeberg, Saxony, Germany and Mina da Quarta Seira, Sabugal, Portugal...Mrose (1950) on saléeite and nováčekite from Germany indicate that P and As are present in both minerals...obtained the unit-cell parameters for saléeite from Schneeberg (a = 6.980 Å and c = 19.813 Å), with I4/ mmm...rum Karlsruhe, 76344 EggensteinLeopoldshafen, Germany, on quoting the depository number CSD-430600 (bassetite)...Mineral name Formula S.G. Torbernite Zeunerite Metatorbernite Metazeunerite Cu[(UO2)(PO4)]2(H2O)12 Cu[(UO2)(ASO4)]2(H2O)12
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
2014 SHABA DISTRICT, ZAIRE This attractive metatorbernite is typical of the best that has been available...metauranocircite (Cook 1994), and torbernite and metatorbernite are but a few examples of this phenomenon....as torbernite but which today is certainly metatorbernite. Metatorbemite, also known historically as...gemmy to decidedly turbid and almost opaque. Metatorbernite is brittle, exhibits cleavage on { 001 }, and...meta-uranocircite, and meta-uranospinite. The question of metatorbernite occurrences is an interesting one. Certainly
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
meta-autunite Ca(UO2, p o 4 ) 2 • 6 H 2 0 and metatorbernite Cu(UO2, PO4) 2 - 8 H 2 0 may occur in sterile...compared with natural meta-torbernite from Schneeberg, Saxen, Germany described by Ross et al. (1964). In the...transformation of curite natural mineral from Schneeberg, Saxen, Germany computed values computed indicates (1)...at 30° C. A : synthetic meta-torbernite; B: metatorbernite from Shinkolobwe (Zafre) Fig. 6. Effect of...torbernite minerals: the crystal structure of metatorbernite. Am. Mineral. 49, 1603-1621 (1964) Received
Catalog/List
NATIVE SILVER, ACANTHITE and ERYTHRITE. Schneeberg, Saxony, Germany. Quartz matrix with cavities at either...little feldpar/mica matrix. 40x25x30mm. £35. 45) METATORBERNITE. Old Gunnislake Mine, Calstock, Cornwall. A
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.......................................... 30 Germany .................................................in several countries, including: AVR in Julich, Germany; Peach Bottom and Fort St. Vrain in the US; Dragon...uranium mines in Western Europe remained closed. In Germany about 200 tU were recovered from mine rehabilitation...various secondary minerals such as autunite, metatorbernite, and metazeunerite. In some localities (e.g...include uranophane, uranophane-15, meta-autunite, metatorbernite, metazeunerite, and phosphuranylite. Important
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
group minerals meta-autunite, metasaléeite, and metatorbernite YOHEY SUZUKI,1 TSUTOMU SATO,2 HIROSHI ISOBE...[Ca(UO2PO4)2⋅6H2O], metasaléeite [Mg(UO2PO4)2⋅8H2O], and metatorbernite [Cu(UO2PO4)2⋅8H2O] were selected for our study...microscopy. Meta-autunite, metasaléeite, and metatorbernite decreased their basal spacings by losing water...at 200 °C, and 5.60 Å (1 H2O) at 300 °C for metatorbernite. The dehydration processes revealed by XRD...CHEMISTRY OF META-AUTUNITE, METASALÉEITE, AND METATORBERNITE The members of the autunite and meta-autunite
 
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