Phosphuranylite Explained

Phosphuranylite
Category:Phosphate minerals
Formula:KCa(H3O)3(UO2)7(PO4)4O4·8(H2O)
Imasymbol:Puy[1]
Strunz:8.EC.10
System:Orthorhombic
Class:Dipyramidal (mmm)
H-M symbol: (2/m 2/m 2/m)
Symmetry:Cmcm
Other: Radioactive
References:[2] [3] [4] [5]

Phosphuranylite is a uranyl phosphate mineral with formula KCa(H3O)3(UO2)7(PO4)4O4·8(H2O).[3] [4] [5]

It was first described in 1879 by Frederick Augustus Genth, from an occurrence in the Flat Rock pegmatite in Mitchell County, North Carolina, US.[4]

Notes and References

  1. Warr. L.N.. 2021. IMA–CNMNC approved mineral symbols. Mineralogical Magazine. 85. 3 . 291–320. 10.1180/mgm.2021.43 . 2021MinM...85..291W . 235729616 . free.
  2. https://www.mineralienatlas.de/lexikon/index.php/MineralData?mineral=Phosphuranylite Mineralienatlas
  3. http://www.mindat.org/min-3182.html Phosphuranylite at Mindat.org
  4. http://www.webmineral.com/data/Phosphuranylite.shtml Webmineral data
  5. http://rruff.geo.arizona.edu/doclib/hom/phosphuranylite.pdf Handbook of Mineralogy