| Reference Type | Journal (article/letter/editorial) |
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| Title | Štěpite, U(AsO3OH)2·4H2O, from Jáchymov, Czech Republic: the first natural arsenate of tetravalent uranium |
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| Journal | Mineralogical Magazine |
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| Authors | Plášil, J. | Author |
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| Fejfarová, K. | Author |
| Hloušek, J. | Author |
| Škoda, R. | Author |
| Novák, M. | Author |
| Sejkora, J. | Author |
| Čejka, J. | Author |
| Dušek, M. | Author |
| Veselovský, F. | Author |
| Ondruš, P. | Author |
| Majzlan, J. | Author |
| Mrázek, Z. | Author |
| Year | 2013 (February) | Volume | 77 |
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| Issue | 1 |
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| Publisher | Mineralogical Society |
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| Download URL | https://rruff.info/rruff_1.0/uploads/MM77_137.pdf+ |
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| DOI | doi:10.1180/minmag.2013.077.1.12Search in ResearchGate |
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| Mindat Ref. ID | 244381 | Long-form Identifier | mindat:1:5:244381:6 |
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| Full Reference | Plášil, J., Fejfarová, K., Hloušek, J., Škoda, R., Novák, M., Sejkora, J., Čejka, J., Dušek, M., Veselovský, F., Ondruš, P., Majzlan, J., Mrázek, Z. (2013) Štěpite, U(AsO3OH)2·4H2O, from Jáchymov, Czech Republic: the first natural arsenate of tetravalent uranium. Mineralogical Magazine, 77 (1) 137-152 doi:10.1180/minmag.2013.077.1.12 |
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| Plain Text | Plášil, J., Fejfarová, K., Hloušek, J., Škoda, R., Novák, M., Sejkora, J., Čejka, J., Dušek, M., Veselovský, F., Ondruš, P., Majzlan, J., Mrázek, Z. (2013) Štěpite, U(AsO3OH)2·4H2O, from Jáchymov, Czech Republic: the first natural arsenate of tetravalent uranium. Mineralogical Magazine, 77 (1) 137-152 doi:10.1180/minmag.2013.077.1.12 |
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| Abstract/Notes | Štěpite, tetragonal U(AsO3 OH)2(H2O)4 (IMA 2012-006), is the first natural arsenate of tetravalent uranium. It occurs in the Geschieber vein, Jáchymov ore district, Western Bohemia, Czech Republic, as emerald-green crystalline crusts on altered arsenic. Associated minerals include arsenolite, běhounekite, claudetite, gypsum, kaatialaite, the new mineral vysokýite (IMA 2012-067) and a partially characterized phase with the formula (H3O)+2(UO2)2(AsO4)2˙6H2O. Štěpite typically forms tabular crystals with prominent {001} and {010} faces, up to 0.6 mm in size. The crystals have a vitreous lustre and a grey to greenish grey streak. They are brittle with an uneven fracture and a very good cleavage on (001). Their Mohs hardness is about 2. Štěpite is not fluorescent in either short-wave or long-wave ultraviolet light. It is biaxial (–) with refractive indices (at 590 nm) of α = 1.636(2), β = 1.667(3), γ = 1.672(2) and 2Vobs < ~5°, anomalous greyish to pale yellow interference colours, and no pleochroism. The composition is as follows: 0.12Na2O, 50.19 UO2, 0.04SiO4, 0.09 P2O5, 0.93 As2O5, 1.95 SO3, 16.41 H2O; total 107.90 wt.%, yielding an empirical formula (based on 12 O a. p. f. u.) of (U1.01Na0.02)Σ1.03[(AsO3OH)1.82 (PO3OH)0.04(SO4)0.13(SiO4)0.01]Σ 2.00˙4H2O. Štěpite is tetragonal, crystallizing in space group I41/acd, with a = 10.9894(1), c = 32.9109(6) Å, V = 3974.5(1) Å3, Z = 16 and Dcalc = 3.90 g cm-3. The six strongest peaks in the X-ray powder-diffraction pattern [dobs in Å (I) (hkl)] are as follows: 8.190(100)(004), 7.008(43)(112), 5.475(18)(200), 4.111(16)(008), 3.395(20)(312,217), 2.1543(25)(419). The crystal structure of šteěpite has been solved from singlecrystal X-ray diffraction data by the charge-flipping method and refined to R1 = 0.0353 based on 1434 unique observed reflections, and to wR2 = 0.1488 for all 1523 unique reflections. The crystal structure of štšpite consists of sheets perpendicular to [001], made up of eight-coordinate uranium atoms and hydroxyarsenate 'tetrahedra'. The ligands surrounding the uranium atom consist of six oxygen atoms which belong to the hydroxyarsenate groups and two oxygen atoms which belong to interlayer H2 O molecules. Each UO8 polyhedron is connected to five other U polyhedra via six AsO3OH groups. Adjacent electroneutral sheets, of composition [U4+(AsO3OH)22-]0, are linked by hydrogen bonds involving H2 O molecules in the interlayers and OH groups in the sheets. The new mineral is named in honour of Josef Štěp (1863–1926), a Czech mining engineer and 'father' of the world's first radioactive spa at Jáchymov. |
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