sayrite
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thumb | right | Orange crystals of sayrite. Sayrite (Pb2(UO2)5O6(OH)24(H2O)) is an alteration product of uraninite named after the X-ray crystallographer David Sayre. Sayrite contains hydrogen, oxygen, uranium and lead. It is mined at Shinkolobwe Mine, (Kasolo Mine), Kambove District, Haut-Katanga, Democratic Republic of the Congo. It is usually orange in color but also can be reddish and yellowish and is in the monoclinic crystal system.
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Vinony files it under Lead minerals and Uranium(VI) minerals.
Its subject is documented across 5 Wikipedia language editions.
Wikidata facts
- Named after
- David Sayre
- Image
- Sayrite.jpg
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- Nickel-Strunz 9th edition (updated 2009)
- 4.GB.50
- Nickel-Strunz '10th ed', review of (9th ed/ 2009 update)
- 4.GB.50
- type locality (geology)
- Shinkolobwe mine
- Commons category
- Sayrite
- IMA Mineral Symbol
- Syr
- chemical formula
- Pb₂(UO₂)₅O₆(OH)₂ * 4H₂O
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thumb | right | Orange crystals of sayrite. Sayrite (Pb2(UO2)5O6(OH)24(H2O)) is an alteration product of uraninite named after the X-ray crystallographer David Sayre. Sayrite contains hydrogen, oxygen, uranium and lead. It is mined at Shinkolobwe Mine, (Kasolo Mine), Kambove District, Haut-Katanga, Democratic Republic of the Congo. It is usually orange in color but also can be reddish and yellowish and is in the monoclinic crystal system.
==References==
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