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Mindat Short Description

Autunite Group.

A secondary mineral occurring in the oxidised zones of arsenic-bearing hydrothermal uranium deposits. Easily dehydrates to Metazeunerite.

Geoscience Ontology Status Notes

Weisbach A (1872) Mittheilungen an Professor H.B. Geinitz, Freiberg, den 9. Februar 1872, Neues Jahrbuch für Mineralogie, Geologie und Palaontologie 1872, 206-208

IMA Formula (from Mindat)

Cu(UO₂)₂(AsO₄)₂ · 12H₂O

RRUFF Formula (from Geoscience Ontology)

Cu²⁺(U⁶⁺O₂)₂(As⁵⁺O₄)₂·12H₂O

Additional References

• http://www.handbookofmineralogy.com/pdfs/zeunerite.pdf

• http://webmineral.com/data/Zeunerite.shtml