Markeyite

Short description: Uranyl carbonate mineral

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| [1]

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

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/.

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