masuyite
Sign in to saveMasuyite is a uranium/lead oxide mineral with formula Pb[(UO2)3O3(OH)2]·3H2O.
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Within Vinony's link graph, masuyite is referenced by 8 other articles, and connects out to oxide class of minerals, Democratic Republic of the Congo and lead.
Vinony files it under Lead minerals, Minerals described in 1947 and Minerals in space group 7.
Its subject is documented across 9 Wikipedia language editions.
Key facts
- Mineral.name
- Masuyite
- Mineral.image
- Masuyite-Uraninite-mun08rad-05b.jpg
- Mineral.caption
- Orange Masuyite coating crystals of cubic uraninite (to about 1 cm). Shinkolobwe mine, the type locality, Democratic Republic of the Congo.
- Mineral.category
- Oxide minerals
- Mineral.formula
- Pb[(UO2)3O3(OH)2]·3H2O
- Mineral.IMAsymbol
- Msy
- Mineral.strunz
- 4.GB.35
- Mineral.system
- Monoclinic
- Mineral.class
- Domatic (m) (same H-M symbol)
- Mineral.symmetry
- Pn
- Mineral.unit cell
- a = 13.98 Å, b = 12.11 Å, c = 14.2 Å; Z = 2
- Mineral.opticalprop
- Biaxial (-)
- Mineral.refractive
- nα = 1.785 nβ = 1.895 nγ = 1.915
- Mineral.birefringence
- δ = 0.130
- Mineral.2V
- Measured: 50°, calculated: 44°
- Mineral.dispersion
- extreme
- Mineral.other
- 25px Radioactive
- Mineral.references
- Masuyite on Mineralienatlas
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Image
- Masuyit - Shinkolobwe.jpg
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- crystal system
- orthorhombic crystal system
- Nickel-Strunz 9th edition (updated 2009)
- 4.GB.35
- Commons category
- Masuyite
- Nickel-Strunz '10th ed', review of (9th ed/ 2009 update)
- 4.GB.35
- type locality (geology)
- Shinkolobwe mine
- IMA Mineral Symbol
- Msy
- chemical formula
- Pb(UO₂)₃O₃(OH)₂ * 3H₂O
- Strunz 8th edition (series ID, updated)
- IV/F.11
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Encyclopedic overview
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- See also
- References
Masuyite is a uranium/lead oxide mineral with formula Pb[(UO2)3O3(OH)2]·3H2O.
Masuyite was first described in 1947 for an occurrence in Katanga and named to honor Belgian geologist Gustave Masuy (1905–1945).
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “masuyite” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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