Sklodowskite Group

A group of related mineral species

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Sklodowskite

Clara Mine, Oberwolfach, Ortenaukreis, Freiburg Region, Baden-Württemberg, Germany

Cuprosklodowskite

Musonoi Mine, Kolwezi, Mutshatsha, Lualaba, DR Congo

Sklodowskite, etc.

Musonoi Mine, Kolwezi, Mutshatsha, Lualaba, DR Congo

Sklodowskite

Clara Mine, Oberwolfach, Ortenaukreis, Freiburg Region, Baden-Württemberg, Germany

Cuprosklodowskite

Musonoi Mine, Kolwezi, Mutshatsha, Lualaba, DR Congo

Sklodowskite, etc.

Musonoi Mine, Kolwezi, Mutshatsha, Lualaba, DR Congo

Sklodowskite

Clara Mine, Oberwolfach, Ortenaukreis, Freiburg Region, Baden-Württemberg, Germany

Cuprosklodowskite

Musonoi Mine, Kolwezi, Mutshatsha, Lualaba, DR Congo

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About Sklodowskite GroupHide

Unique IdentifiersHide

Mindat ID:

46780

Long-form identifier:

mindat:1:1:46780:3

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(UUID V4):

ffa69aa8-4e94-4dca-b839-c925b8279ec5

Pronunciation of Sklodowskite GroupHide

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Play	Recorded by	Country
	Jolyon Ralph	United Kingdom

Crystal StructureHide

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Data courtesy of the American Mineralogist Crystal Structure Database. Click on an AMCSD ID to view structure

ID	Species	Reference	Year	Locality	Temp (K)
0000461	Cuprosklodowskite	Rosenzweig A, Ryan R R (1975) Refinement of the crystal structure of cuprosklodowskite, Cu[(UO2)2(SiO3OH)2]6(H2O)* American Mineralogist 60 448-453	1975	Musonoi mine, Kolwezi, Katanga, Zaire	293
0004122	Oursinite	Kabatko K A, Burns P C (2006) A novel arrangement of silicate tetrahedra in the uranyl silicate sheet of oursinite, (Co0.8Mg0.2)[(UO2)(SiO3OH)]2(H2O)6 American Mineralogist 91 333-336	2006		293
0012337	Sklodowskite	Ryan R R, Rosenzweig A (1977) Sklodowskite, MgO2UO32SiO27H2O* Crystal Structure Communications 6 611-615	1977	Naica, Chihuahua, Mexico	293
0015548	Sklodowskite	Mokeeva V I (1964) The structure of sklodowskite Soviet Physics Crystallography 9 217-218	1964		293
0015594	Sklodowskite	Mokeeva V I (1959) The crystal structure of sklodowskite Soviet Physics Doklady 4 27-29	1959		293

CIF Raw Data - click here to close

data_global
_chemical_name_mineral 'Cuprosklodowskite'
loop_
_publ_author_name
'Rosenzweig A'
'Ryan R R'
_journal_name_full 'American Mineralogist'
_journal_volume 60 
_journal_year 1975
_journal_page_first 448
_journal_page_last 453
_publ_section_title
;
 Refinement of the crystal structure of cuprosklodowskite,
 Cu[(UO2)2(SiO3OH)2]*6(H2O)
 Note: y(U) was changed to reproduce reported bond lengths
;
_database_code_amcsd 0000461
_chemical_compound_source 'Musonoi mine, Kolwezi, Katanga, Zaire'
_chemical_formula_sum 'U2 Cu Si2 O18 H12'
_cell_length_a 7.052
_cell_length_b 9.267
_cell_length_c 6.655
_cell_angle_alpha 109.2
_cell_angle_beta 89.8
_cell_angle_gamma 110
_cell_volume 383.028
_exptl_crystal_density_diffrn      3.884
_symmetry_space_group_name_H-M 'P -1'
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_space_group_symop_operation_xyz
  'x,y,z'
  '-x,-y,-z'
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_atom_site_label
_atom_site_fract_x
_atom_site_fract_y
_atom_site_fract_z
U   0.25890   0.02100   0.63970
Cu   0.50000   0.50000   0.00000
Si   0.77350   0.05260   0.85730
O1   0.35300   0.23500   0.69900
O2   0.83800   0.19300   0.41600
O3   0.58800   0.02400   0.69200
O4   0.93200   0.01800   0.69000
O5   0.86300   0.24800   0.02100
O6   0.72000   0.94000   0.00200
Wat7   0.46500   0.37400   0.19300
Wat8   0.23100   0.51300   0.05200
Wat9   0.20100   0.48200   0.49900
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_atom_site_aniso_label
_atom_site_aniso_U_11
_atom_site_aniso_U_22
_atom_site_aniso_U_33
_atom_site_aniso_U_12
_atom_site_aniso_U_13
_atom_site_aniso_U_23
U 0.00898 0.02058 0.00532 0.01550 0.00395 0.01006
Cu 0.03462 0.02666 0.03508 0.01659 0.00935 0.02553
Si 0.01512 0.02295 0.00769 0.01713 0.00623 0.01109
O1 0.02082 0.03408 0.01991 0.02094 0.00478 0.03172
O2 0.01600 0.04589 0.02030 0.03535 0.00935 0.03378
O3 0.02147 0.04218 0.00512 0.03997 0.01372 0.02295
O4 0.01315 0.03645 0.00710 0.02828 0.00852 0.02012
O5 0.04382 0.02835 0.01596 0.03209 0.00852 0.01547
O6 0.01643 0.02970 0.00572 0.02447 0.00478 0.01032
Wat7 0.05434 0.02497 0.02838 0.00489 -0.00831 0.01367
Wat8 0.03900 0.04421 0.11313 0.04079 0.04281 0.07427
Wat9 0.05609 0.05838 0.06189 0.02556 0.01081 0.03198

Relationship of Sklodowskite Group to other SpeciesHide

Group Members:

Cuprosklodowskite	Cu(UO₂)₂(SiO₃OH)₂ · 6H₂O	Tric. 1 : P1
Oursinite	Co(UO₂)₂(SiO₃OH)₂ · 6H₂O	Orth. mmm (2/m 2/m 2/m) : Cmca
Sklodowskite	Mg(UO₂)₂(SiO₃OH)₂ · 6H₂O	Mon. 2/m : B2/m