Category Oxide mineral Strunz classification 4.GB.10 Space group Pn21a | Formula
(repeating unit) Ca(UO2)6O4(OH)6·8(H2O) Crystal system Orthorhombic | |
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Crystal class Pyramidal (mm2)
H-M symbol: (mm2) | ||
Becquerelite is a uranium mineral with the chemical formula: Ca(UO2)6O4(OH)6·8(H2O). It is a secondary mineral which contains calcium and is a bright yellow colour. It has a Mohs hardness of about 2.
It was named after the French physicist Antoine Henri Becquerel (1852–1908), who discovered radioactivity in 1896. Becquerelite contains about 70% Uranium in it and is mainly mined in Kasolo, Zaire.
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