Ashanite	Not a valid mineral species (Discredited 1998)
Uranium
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Sometimes described as being a mixture of Ixiolite, Samarskite-(Y) and Uranmicrolite

Property	Data	Remarks
Named for:	for Altai, and the Chinese word Shan, meaning "mountains," its type location occurrence in the Altai Mountains, China.
Alternate     Name(s):	Ashanit Ashanita
Mineral Class:	Oxides   Oxides with metal: [metal:oxygen = 1:2 (MO2 and related compounds)]     Qitianglinite - Lithiowodginite series
Chemical     Formula:	(Nb,Ta,U,Fe,Mn)4O8
Chemical     Composition:	Iron: (Fe) 6.81% Manganese: (Mn) 2.87% Niobium: (Nb) 25.89% Oxygen: (O) 22.29% Tantalum: (Ta) 18.91% Uranium: (U) 20.73% REE2O3   Lanthanum:   Cerium:   Praeseodymium:   Neodymium:   Samarium:   (La) (Ce) (Pr) (Nd) (Sm) | | | | | | 2.51%	by weight
Molecular     Weight:	574.20	daltons (amu)
Specific     Radioactivity:	(All radiation is for a 1 gram, fully aged specimen) Specific Activity Dose Rate Becquerels Curies  milliRems  hour  microSieverts  hour 3.7158 × 1004 1.00 × 10-06 0.51 50.90 Estimated Average Annual Exposure: 360 mRem (3.6 milliSieverts)
Crystalography:	System: Orthorhombic - Dipyramidal Axial Ratios: a: 1.2043 b: 1 c: 1.0703 Cell Dimensions: a: 5.869 Å b: 4.873 Å c: 5.216 Å Z: 1 V: 149.18 Å3 DenCalc: 7.58 H-M Symbol: 2/m 2/m 2/m Space Group: Pcan X-Ray Diffraction:   By Intensity ( I/Io ) (1): 2.95 Å (0.5): 3.65 Å (0.3): 2.51 Å
Habit:
Cleavage:	None
Fracture:	Conchoidal
Moh's     Hardness:	5.5 - 6.5
Density:	6.61	grams/cm3
Color:	Dark brown to Blackish
Streak:	Brown
Luster:	Sub-metallic
Diaphaniety:	Opaque
Pleochroism:	(x):   (y:)   (z:)
Ultra Violet     Fluorescence:	Long Wave:   Short Wave:
Magnetism:	Non-magnetic
Occurance:	In the central part of pegmatite in albitized two-mica granite.
Associated     Minerals:	Beryl, 'Columbite', Elbaite, Ixiolite, Microlite, Monazite, Muscovite, Samarskite, Tantalite, 'Tietaiyangite', Uranmicrolite, Zircon Minerals   -   Uranium & Thorium mineral links	These are minerals known to be found with Ashanite
Localities:	Extremely rare Ashanite Localities
Notes:	Strongly radioactive a- and b-particles, g-rays. Crystals are probably metamic. Related chemically to Ixiolite, Samarskite and Uranmicrolite.