Curite

Image

Curite from Katanga, DR Congo, exhibited at the Mineralogical Museum, Bonn, Germany

© Photo by Elke Wetzig, CC-BY-SA

Properties

Formula Pb3(H2O)2[(UO2)4O4(OH)3]2
Abbreviation Cui
Classifications Minerals containing H2O, Minerals containing OH
Luminescence emitter UO2
IMA Status Grandfathered (pre-IMA), 1921
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Tags Hydroxide , Mineral, Uranyl , Hydrated

Composition

Element Atoms
Pb 3
O 32
H 10
U 8
Total: 53

Reference

Reference
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Gorobets and Rogojine 2002 4 0 0