heinrichite
Sign in to saveHeinrichite is a monoclinic-prismatic containing arsenic, barium, hydrogen, oxygen, and uranium. The mineral is named after Eberhardt William Heinrich (1918–1991) who first noted it in 1958 in the U.S. State of Oregon.
Key facts
- Mineral.name
- Heinrichite
- Mineral.category
- Phosphate mineral
- Mineral.image
- Abernathyite, Heinrichite-497484.jpg
- Mineral.imagesize
- 260px
- Mineral.caption
- Green heinrichite crystals and pale yellow abernathyite crystals
- Mineral.formula
- Ba(UO2)2(AsO4)2·10H20
- Mineral.IMAsymbol
- Hrc
- Mineral.strunz
- 8.EB.05
- Mineral.dana
- 40.2a.9.1
- Mineral.system
- Monoclinic
- Mineral.class
- Strunz
- Mineral.unit cell
- a = 7.155 Å, b = 7.134 Å, c = 21.29 Å β = 104.171
- Mineral.color
- Pale yellow, pale green
- Mineral.refractive
- nω = 1.605 nε = 1.573
- Mineral.opticalprop
- uniaxial (−)
- Mineral.birefringence
- 0.032
- Mineral.fluorescence
- Yellow-green in longwave and shortwave UV
- Mineral.streak
- Pale yellow
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Wikidata facts
- Image
- Heinrichite.JPG
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- Mohs' hardness
- 2.5
- IMA Mineral Symbol
- Hrc
- chemical formula
- Ba(UO₂)₂(AsO₄)₂·10H₂O
- Nickel-Strunz '10th ed', review of (9th ed/ 2009 update)
- 8.EB.05
- Nickel-Strunz 9th edition (updated 2009)
- 8.EB.05
- type locality (geology)
- Lakeview
- crystal system
- monoclinic crystal system
- Commons category
- Heinrichite
- Strunz 8th edition (series ID, updated)
- VII/D.20a
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Heinrichite is a monoclinic-prismatic containing arsenic, barium, hydrogen, oxygen, and uranium. The mineral is named after Eberhardt William Heinrich (1918–1991) who first noted it in 1958 in the U.S. State of Oregon.
== Description == Heinrichite is radioactive pale green, pale yellow mineral. Heinrichite fluoresces light-green in longwave and shortwave ultraviolet. Because of its uranium content, the mineral is radioactive.
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