The crystal structure of a new compound, (H
3O)[(UO
2)(SeO
4)(SeO
2OH)] (monoclinic,
P2
1/
n,
a = 8.6682(19),
b = 10.6545(16),
c = 9.846(2) Å, β = 97.881(17)°,
V = 900.7(3) Å
3), was solved by direct methods and refined to
R
1 = 0.050. The structure contains two symmetrically different Se atoms. The Se1 site is coordinated by three O atoms as is
characteristic of Se
4+ cations. The Se2 site is coordinated by four O atoms and forms selenate anion SeO
42−. The structure is based on selenite-selenate sheets [(UO
2)(SeO
4)(SeO
2OH)]
− linked by the interlayer H
3O
− ions. The sheets are parallel to (101). The structure is compared to that of schmiederite, Pb
2Cu
2(SeO
3)(SeO
4)(OH)
4.
Original Russian Text © S.V. Krivovichev, 2009, published in Zapiski RMO (Proceedings of the Russian Mineralogical Society),
2009, Pt. CXXXVII, No. 3, pp. 130–136.