Chemistry:Phosphuranylite
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| Phosphuranylite | |
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 Phosphuranylite from South Alligator River, Northern Territory, Australia (10 mm field of view) | |
| General | |
| Category | Phosphate minerals |
| Formula (repeating unit) | KCa(H3O)3(UO2)7(PO4)4O4·8(H2O) |
| Strunz classification | 8.EC.10 |
| Crystal system | Orthorhombic |
| Crystal class | Dipyramidal (mmm) H-M symbol: (2/m 2/m 2/m) |
| Space group | Cmcm |
| Identification | |
| Other characteristics |  Radioactive |
| References | [1][2][3][4] |
Phosphuranylite is a uranyl phosphate mineral with formula KCa(H3O)3(UO2)7(PO4)4O4·8(H2O).[2][3][4]
It was first described in 1879 by Frederick Augustus Genth, from an occurrence in the Flat Rock pegmatite in Mitchell County, North Carolina, US.[3]
References
- ↑ Mineralienatlas
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Phosphuranylite at Mindat.org
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 Webmineral data
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 Handbook of Mineralogy
- ↑ Warr, L.N. (2021). "IMA–CNMNC approved mineral symbols". Mineralogical Magazine 85 (3): 291–320. doi:10.1180/mgm.2021.43. Bibcode: 2021MinM...85..291W.
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