Category
page 1Octahydrate minerals
annabergite
Annabergite is an arsenate mineral consisting of a hydrous nickel arsenate. It is considered a member of the vivianite group and known for its ability to form crystals in a characteristic apple-green color.
phosphuranylite
Phosphuranylite is a uranyl phosphate mineral with formula KCa(H3O)3(UO2)7(PO4)4O4·8(H2O).
jennite
Jennite is a calcium silicate hydrate mineral of general chemical formula: Ca9Si6O18(OH)6·8H2O.
hörnesite
Hörnesite is an arsenate mineral bearing magnesium. It is a member of the vivianite group of minerals, and constitutes the magnesium endpoint of a mineral series with nickel or cobalt replacing the magnesium, ending in annabergite or Erythrite.
ashcroftine-(Y)
Ashcroftine-(Y) is an alkali yttrium calcium carbonate mineral with the chemical formula KNa(Y,Ca)SiO(OH)(CO)·8HO. It was first identified in southern Greenland and named after British mineral collector Frederick Noel Ashcroft.
gauthierite
Gauthierite is a very rare mineral with the idealised chemical sum formula . It is a radioactive, hydrated orange-coloured lead potassium uranyl oxide hydroxide.
It was found by analysing old mineral specimens, and is only known from one locality, the Shinkolobwe Mine in the Democratic Republic of the Congo. The mineral was named in honour of Gilbert Gauthier, a Belgian collector of uranium minerals, who provided a sample to one of the co-authors of the study that first identified it in 2017.