Markeyite

Markeyite
General
Category	Carbonate mineral
Formula; (repeating unit)	Ca9(UO2)4CO3)13 · 28H2O
Crystal system	Orthorhombic
Crystal class	mmm (2/m 2/m 2/m) - Dipyramidal
Identification
References

Short description: Uranyl carbonate mineral

Markeyite, a uranyl carbonate mineral discovered in the Markey Mine in Utah, USA. A group led by Anthony R. Kampf, a mineralogist at the Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County, USA discovered its structure.^[3]

Cotype material for this mineral resides in the collections of the Natural History Museum, Los Angeles County, USA, and the Fersman Mineralogical Museum, Russian Academy of Sciences, Russia.^[4]

Localities

United States : Markey mine, Red Canyon, White Canyon District, San Juan Co., Utah

References

↑ "Markeyite". https://www.mindat.org/min-51413.html:.
↑ Warr, L.N. (2021). "IMA–CNMNC approved mineral symbols". Mineralogical Magazine 85 (3): 291–320. doi:10.1180/mgm.2021.43. Bibcode: 2021MinM...85..291W.
↑ "Markeyite: Markeyite mineral information and data.". https://www.mindat.org/min-51413.html.
↑ "Markeyite | Carbon Mineral Challenge" (in en-US). https://mineralchallenge.net/markeyite/.

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[mindat-1] "Markeyite". https://www.mindat.org/min-51413.html:.

[2] Warr, L.N. (2021). "IMA–CNMNC approved mineral symbols". Mineralogical Magazine 85 (3): 291–320. doi:10.1180/mgm.2021.43. Bibcode: 2021MinM...85..291W.

[3] "Markeyite: Markeyite mineral information and data.". https://www.mindat.org/min-51413.html.

[4] "Markeyite | Carbon Mineral Challenge" (in en-US). https://mineralchallenge.net/markeyite/.