Phosphuranylite

Phosphuranylite
Phosphuranylite from South Alligator River, Northern Territory, Australia (10 mm field of view)
General
CategoryPhosphate minerals
Formula
(repeating unit)
KCa(H3O)3(UO2)7(PO4)4O4·8(H2O)
IMA symbolPuy[1]
Strunz classification8.EC.10
Crystal systemOrthorhombic
Crystal classDipyramidal (mmm)
H-M symbol: (2/m 2/m 2/m)
Space groupCmcm
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]

  1. ^ Warr, L.N. (2021). "IMA–CNMNC approved mineral symbols". Mineralogical Magazine. 85 (3): 291–320. Bibcode:2021MinM...85..291W. doi:10.1180/mgm.2021.43. S2CID 235729616.
  2. ^ Mineralienatlas
  3. ^ a b Phosphuranylite at Mindat.org
  4. ^ a b c Webmineral data
  5. ^ a b Handbook of Mineralogy