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system in translucent lathlike, elongated, commonly radiating in fibrous, and in pulverulent, earthy to very fine-grained dense masses. It has a
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of 5.7 and exhibits two directions of cleavage. It appears as brownish, brownish yellow, white, light brown orange, or light yellow
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Lathlike, elongated crystals commonly radiating, fibrous, matted; earthy to very fine-grained masses.
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464:"IMA–CNMNC approved mineral symbols"
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147:c = 4.298 Å; Z = 2
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180:perfect on {010}, good on {001}
366:. It has been reported in the
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368:Democratic Republic of Congo
336:). It crystallizes in the
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577:Minerals in space group 44
528:Mindat with location data
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315:containing almost pure
514:Handbook of Mineralogy
468:Mineralogical Magazine
572:Orthorhombic minerals
285:Other characteristics
88:Strunz classification
567:Uranium(VI) minerals
362:. It was named for
489:10.1180/mgm.2021.43
480:2021MinM...85..291W
462:Warr, L.N. (2021).
145:, b = 9.273 Å
562:Carbonate minerals
411:vandendriesscheite
372:Northern Territory
225:Optical properties
364:Ernest Rutherford
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260:δ = 0.055 - 0.072
246:= 1.716 - 1.730 n
242:= 1.700 - 1.723 n
42:Carbonate mineral
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317:uranyl carbonate
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387:becquerelite
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350:diderichite.
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338:orthorhombic
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103:Orthorhombic
407:boltwoodite
346:fluorescent
294:Radioactive
266:Pleochroism
228:Biaxial (+)
210:Transparent
206:Diaphaneity
190:Silky, dull
125:Space group
556:Categories
449:References
415:billietite
300:References
117:H–M Symbol
78:IMA symbol
498:235729616
443:carbonate
395:schoepite
383:uraninite
376:Australia
137:Unit cell
427:studtite
399:kasolite
391:masuyite
360:Tanzania
276:2V angle
176:Cleavage
38:Category
476:Bibcode
313:mineral
119:: (mm2)
92:5.EB.05
49:Formula
33:General
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439:uranyl
403:curite
370:, the
200:Yellow
196:Streak
186:Lustre
157:Colour
494:S2CID
311:is a
441:and
429:and
130:Imm2
484:doi
374:of
358:of
220:5.7
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332:O
330:C
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244:β
240:α
238:n
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69:O
67:C
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58:U
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