autunite

autunite
/awt"n uyt', oh tun"uyt/, n.
a yellow mineral, a hydrous calcium uranium phosphate, CaU2P2O12·8H2O, occurring in crystals as nearly square tablets: a minor ore of uranium.
[1850-55; named after Autun, city in E France near source of supply; see -ITE1]

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 phosphate mineral, hydrated calcium and uranium phosphate [Ca(UO2)2 (PO4)2·10–12H2O], that is an ore of uranium. It forms translucent to transparent, yellow to pale-green crystals, scaly masses, or crusts in hydrothermal veins and pegmatites, where it occurs as an alteration product of uraninite. It has been found in Cornwall, Eng.; Katanga, Congo (Kinshasa); and the northwestern United States. For detailed physical properties, see phosphate mineral (table).

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