Meta-autunite

Image

Specimen of meta-autunite, from Les Ruaux mine, St Symphorien-de-Marmagne, Montcenis, Burgundy, France. Specimen M 27680, Museums Victoria.

© Photo by Frank Coffa, Copyright Museums Victoria / CC BY (Licensed as Attribution 4.0 International)

Properties

Formula Ca(UO2)2(PO4)2·6H2O
Abbreviation Maut
Classifications Meta-autunite (group), Minerals containing PO4, Minerals containing H2O
Luminescence emitter UO2
IMA Status Grandfathered (pre-IMA), 1904
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Crystal symmetry Tetragonal, Point group 4/mmm
Tags Hydrated , Mineral, Orthophosphate , Uranyl , Phosphate

Composition

Element Atoms
Ca 1
P 2
H 12
O 18
U 2
Total: 35

Reference

Reference
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Tarashchan 1978 12 0 0