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Cesbron, Fabien, Ildefonse, Philippe, Sichere, Marie-Claude (1993) New mineralogical data on uranophane and β-uranophane; synthesis of uranophane. Mineralogical Magazine, 57 (387) 301-308 doi:10.1180/minmag.1993.057.387.12

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TitleNew mineralogical data on uranophane and β-uranophane; synthesis of uranophane
JournalMineralogical MagazineISSN0026-461X
AuthorsCesbron, FabienAuthor
Ildefonse, PhilippeAuthor
Sichere, Marie-ClaudeAuthor
Year1993 (June)Volume57
Issue387
PublisherMineralogical Society
Download URLhttps://rruff.info/doclib/MinMag/Volume_57/57-387-301.pdf+
DOIdoi:10.1180/minmag.1993.057.387.12Search in ResearchGate
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Full ReferenceCesbron, Fabien, Ildefonse, Philippe, Sichere, Marie-Claude (1993) New mineralogical data on uranophane and β-uranophane; synthesis of uranophane. Mineralogical Magazine, 57 (387) 301-308 doi:10.1180/minmag.1993.057.387.12
Plain TextCesbron, Fabien, Ildefonse, Philippe, Sichere, Marie-Claude (1993) New mineralogical data on uranophane and β-uranophane; synthesis of uranophane. Mineralogical Magazine, 57 (387) 301-308 doi:10.1180/minmag.1993.057.387.12
In(1993, June) Mineralogical Magazine Vol. 57 (387) Mineralogical Society
Abstract/NotesAbstractUranyl-silicates are widespread minerals in oxidised parts of various uranium deposits, and they frequently contain associations of the polymorphic forms of uranophane. In several recent works devoted to the study of uranium deposits as natural analogues of high-level nuclear waste repository (HLNWR), uranophane is frequently mentioned but without determination of the exact polymorphic species. The existence of two polymorphs presenting different stabilities has to be taken into account when considering the long-term behaviour of these minerals and the use of thermodynamic models for predicting the radionuclide migration in HLNWR. We present here new crystallographic data on betauranophane, and preliminary results of synthesis experiments of uranyl silicates. XRD patterns and calculated parameters of beta-uranophane from a Mexican U-deposit are presented. Synthesis experiments succeeded in crystallising uranophane (alpha form) at different pH, Si-, Ca- and Na activities, but beta-uranophane was never obtained. The controlling physico-chemical parameters responsible for the occurrence of these two polymorphic forms are still unknown.


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