Category Phosphate minerals Crystal system Orthorhombic | Strunz classification 8.EC.10 Space group Cmcm | |
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Formula
(repeating unit) KCa(H3O)3(UO2)7(PO4)4O4·8(H2O) Crystal class Dipyramidal (mmm)
H-M symbol: (2/m 2/m 2/m) | ||
Phosphuranylite is a uranyl phosphate mineral with formula KCa(H3O)3(UO2)7(PO4)4O4·8(H2O).
It was first described in 1879 by Frederick Augustus Genth, from an occurrence in the Flat Rock pegmatite in Mitchell County, North Carolina, US.
References
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