uranocircite
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Uranocircite or Uranocircite-II is a uranium mineral with the chemical formula: Ba(UO2)2(PO4)2·10H2O. Uranocircite-I was discredited (the IMA-CMNMC published 'The New IMA List of Minerals', September 2012). It is a phosphate mineral which contains barium and is a green to yellow colour. It has a Mohs hardness of about 2.
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Within Vinony's link graph, uranocircite is referenced by 10 other articles, and connects out to Germany, Saxony and uranium.
Vinony files it under Minerals in space group 139, Phosphate minerals and Tetragonal minerals.
Its subject is documented across 12 Wikipedia language editions.
Key facts
- Mineral.name
- Uranocircite
- Mineral.image
- Uranocircite-51177.jpg
- Mineral.caption
- Uranocircite
- Mineral.category
- Phosphate mineral
- Mineral.formula
- Ba(UO2)2(PO4)2·10H2O
- Mineral.IMAsymbol
- Urc-II
- Mineral.strunz
- 8.EB.05
- Mineral.system
- Tetragonal
- Mineral.class
- Ditetragonal dipyramidal (4/mmm) H-M symbol: (4/m 2/m 2/m)
- Mineral.symmetry
- I4/mmm
- Mineral.unit cell
- a = 7.01, c = 20.46 [Å]; Z = 2
- Mineral.other
- 25px Radioactive
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Wikidata facts
- Named after
- falcon
- Image
- Uranocircite-51177.jpg
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- Nickel-Strunz '10th ed', review of (9th ed/ 2009 update)
- 8.EB.05
- Nickel-Strunz 9th edition (updated 2009)
- 8.EB.05
- Commons category
- Uranocircite
- crystal system
- tetragonal crystal system
- type locality (geology)
- Bergen
- chemical formula
- Ba(UO₂)₂(PO₄)₂·10H₂O
- Strunz 8th edition (series ID, updated)
- VII/D.20a
- IMA Mineral Symbol
- Urc
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Uranocircite or Uranocircite-II is a uranium mineral with the chemical formula: Ba(UO2)2(PO4)2·10H2O. Uranocircite-I was discredited (the IMA-CMNMC published 'The New IMA List of Minerals', September 2012). It is a phosphate mineral which contains barium and is a green to yellow colour. It has a Mohs hardness of about 2.
The "circ" in the name uranocircite is from the ancient Greek word for "falcon", because it was discovered in Falkenstein, Germany. Uranocircite contains about 45% uranium, and is mainly mined in Bergen in Saxony, Germany.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “uranocircite” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.