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Uraninite, also known as pitchblende, is a radioactive, uranium-rich mineral and ore with a chemical composition that is largely UO 2 but because of oxidation typically contains variable proportions of U 3 O 8. Radioactive decay of the uranium causes the mineral to contain oxides of lead and trace amounts of helium.
Autunite (hydrated calcium uranyl phosphate), with formula Ca(UO 2) 2 (PO 4) 2 ·10–12H 2 O, is a yellow-greenish fluorescent phosphate mineral with a hardness of 2– 2 + 1 ⁄ 2. [4] [5] Autunite crystallizes in the orthorhombic system and often occurs as tabular square crystals, commonly in small crusts or in fan-like masses.
It is found in many minerals including uraninite (the most common uranium ore), autunite, uranophane, torbernite, and coffinite. [7] There are significant concentrations of uranium in some substances, such as phosphate rock deposits, and minerals such as lignite, and monazite sands in uranium-rich ores. (It is recovered commercially from these ...
Tyuyamunite (pronounced tuh-YOO-ya-moon-ite) is a very rare uranium mineral with formula Ca(UO 2) 2 V 2 O 8 ·(5–8)H 2 O. It is a member of the carnotite group. It is a bright, canary-yellow color because of its high uranium content. Also, because of tyuyamunite's high uranium content, it is radioactive. [6]
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Mineral symbols (text abbreviations) are used to abbreviate mineral groups, subgroups, and species, just as lettered symbols are used for the chemical elements. The first set of commonly used mineral symbols was published in 1983 and covered the common rock-forming minerals using 192 two- or three-lettered symbols. [ 1 ]
Uraninite, an ore that is mostly uranium dioxide (UO 2) Yellowcake forgery, fraudulently depicted Saddam Hussein trying to buy uranium powder; Sequoyah Fuels Corporation, an American company involved in yellowcake processing; COMINAK, a Niger uranium mining and processing company; SOMAIR, a Niger uranium mining and processing company
Thorianite is a rare thorium oxide mineral, ThO 2. [5] It was originally described by Ananda Coomaraswamy in 1904 as uraninite, [6] but recognized as a new species by Wyndham R. Dunstan. [7] It was so named by Dunstan on account of its high percentage of thorium; it also contains the oxides of uranium, lanthanum, cerium, praseodymium and neodymium.