Item talk:Q162245
Mindat Short Description
Highly stable in the presence of hydrogen peroxide. At intermediate H2O2 concentrations, it is second most stable phase after schoepite. At high concentrations of H2O2, the stability path is as follows: studtite, schoepite, metaschoepite, becquerelite.
Geoscience Ontology Status Notes
Schoep A (1922) Sur la becquerélite, nouveau minéral radioactif, Comptes Rendus Hebdomadaires des Séances de l’Académie des Sciences 174, 1240-1242 Chemical formula redefined: Frondel J W, Cuttutta F (1953) Studies of uranium minerals (XII): The status of billietite and becquerelite, American Mineralogist 30, 1019-1024 Chemical formula redefined again: Piret-Meunier J, Piret P (1982) Nouvelle détermination de la structure cristalline de la bequerelite, Bulletin de Minéralogie 105, 606-610
IMA Formula (from Mindat)
Ca(UO2)6O4(OH)6 · 8H2O
RRUFF Formula (from Geoscience Ontology)
Ca(UO2)6O4(OH)6·8H2O
