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Schrockingerite

Schröckingerite
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General
Category Carbonate minerals
Formula
(repeating unit)
NaCa3(UO2)[F|(CO3)3(SO4)]·10(H2O)
Strunz classification 5.EG.05
Crystal system Triclinic
Crystal class Pinacoidal (1)
(same H-M symbol)
Space group P1

Schröckingerite is a radioactive yellow uranium-containing carbonate mineral, hydrated sodium calcium uranyl sulfate carbonate fluoride. Schröckingerite crystallizes in the orthorhombic system, occurring as globular clusters, and fluoresces yellow-green under ultraviolet light.

Schröckingerite was first described in 1783 from an occurrence in Jáchymov, Bohemia, Czech Republic, and named for its discoverer, Julius Freiherr Schrockinger von Neudenberg (1814–1882).



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