Phosphuranylite | |
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General | |
Category | Phosphate minerals |
Formula (repeating unit) | KCa(H3O)3(UO2)7(PO4)4O4·8(H2O) |
IMA symbol | Puy[1] |
Strunz classification | 8.EC.10 |
Crystal system | Orthorhombic |
Crystal class | Dipyramidal (mmm) H-M symbol: (2/m 2/m 2/m) |
Space group | Cmcm |
Identification | |
Other characteristics | 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]