Schröckingerite

Schröckingerite is a radioactive yellow uranium-containing carbonate mineral, hydrated sodium calcium uranyl sulfate carbonate fluoride.[2][3][4] Schröckingerite crystallizes in the orthorhombic system, occurring as globular clusters, and fluoresces yellow-green under ultraviolet light.

Schröckingerite
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General
CategoryCarbonate minerals
Formula
(repeating unit)		NaCa3(UO2)[F|(CO3)3(SO4)]·10(H2O)[1]
Strunz classification5.EG.05
Crystal systemTriclinic
Crystal classPinacoidal (1)
(same H-M symbol)
Space groupP1
Identification
Other characteristicsRadioactive.svg Radioactive
Schröckingerite in UV-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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