Coffinita

mineral nesosilicato

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Within Vinony's link graph, Coffinita is referenced by 28 other articles, and connects out to silicate mineral, calcium and phosphorus.

It sits within the topics Minerals in space group 141, Nesosilicates and Tetragonal minerals.

Its subject is documented across 17 Wikipedia language editions.

Key facts

Mineral.imagesize: 260px
Mineral.name: Coffinite
Mineral.category: Nesosilicate
Mineral.boxbgcolor: b46d4e
Mineral.boxtextcolor: fff
Mineral.image: Blenda smolista + coffinit.jpg
Mineral.caption: Pitchblende and coffinite in a sample from a Czech mine
Mineral.formula: U(SiO4)1−x(OH)4x
Mineral.IMAsymbol: Cof
Mineral.strunz: 9.AD.30
Mineral.system: Tetragonal
Mineral.class: Ditetragonal dipyramidal (4/mmm) H-M symbol: (4/m 2/m 2/m)
Mineral.symmetry: I41/amd
Mineral.unit cell: a = 6.97 Å, c = 6.25 Å; Z = 4
Mineral.color: Black (from organic inclusions; pale to dark brown in thin section
Mineral.habit: Rarely as crystals, commonly as colloform to botryoidal incrustations, fibrous, pulverulent masses
Mineral.fracture: Irregular to subconchoidal
Mineral.tenacity: Brittle to friable

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Wikidata facts

Image: Blenda smolista + coffinit.jpg

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Nickel-Strunz '10th ed', review of (9th ed/ 2009 update): 9.AD.30
Commons category: Coffinite
Nickel-Strunz 9th edition (updated 2009): 9.AD.30
crystal system: tetragonal crystal system
IMA Mineral Symbol: Cof
chemical formula: U(SiO₄) * nH₂O
Strunz 8th edition (series ID, updated): VIII/A.07

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Article · Español

La coffinita es un mineral de la clase de los nesosilicatos. Fue descubierta en 1956 en una mina del condado de Mesa, en Colorado (Estados Unidos), siendo nombrada así en honor de Reuben Clare Coffin, geólogo estadounidense especialista en yacimientos de uranio.

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