Thucolite

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Uranium
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Property Data Remarks
Named for: Its Thorium, Uranium and hydrocarbon content
Alternate
    Name(s):
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    Mineral Class: Organic  
    Chemical
        Formula:    		 A variable mixture of hydrocarbons, uraninite and sulphides  
    Chemical
        Composition:    		 Variable by weight
    Molecular
        Weight:    		 N/A daltons (amu)
    Specific
        Radioactivity:

    (All radiation is for a 1 gram, fully aged specimen)

    Specific Activity Dose Rate
    Becquerels Curies milliRems/hour microSieverts/hour
    × 100 × 10-0    

    Estimated Average Annual Exposure: 360 mRem (3.6 milliSieverts)
    Crystalography:
    System: Amorphous
    		 
    Habit:
  • Amorphous
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    Cleavage: None  
    Fracture: Brittle  
    Moh's
        Hardness:    		    
    Density:   grams/cm3
    Color: Black  
    Streak: Gray to Black  
    Luster: Dull  
    Diaphaneity:    
    Pleochroism: None  
    Ultra Violet
        Fluorescence:    		 Non-fluorescent  
    Magnetism: Non-magnetic  
    Occurance:
  • Small aggregates
  • Filling cracks
  • Sometimes surrounded by secondary uranium minerals
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    Associated
        Minerals:

    Albite, 'Albite-Anorthite Series', 'Allanite', Antimony, 'Apatite', Arsenopyrite, Biotite, Bornite, Bournonite, Calciosamarskite, Calcite, Chalcocite, Chalcopyrite, 'Chlorite', Cobaltite, Covellite, Cubanite, Dolomite, Epidote, Fluorite, Galena, 'Garnet Group', Gersdorffite, Gold, Hematite, Magnetite, Marcasite, Microcline, Muscovite, Nickeline, Pyrite, Pyrrhotite, Quartz, Sphalerite, Tetrahedrite, Titanite, 'Tourmaline Group', Uraninite, Zircon var: Cyrtolite

    Mineral   -   > 50% of sites
    Mineral   -   > 25% of sites
    Mineral   -   > 15% of sites
    Minerals   -   Uranium & Thorium
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    		These are minerals known to be found with Thucolite
    Locations:

    Very rare

    No Thucolite Locations Listed
    Notes:

    Strongly radioactive a- and b-particles, g-rays.

    An asphalt like mineral, sometimes radioactive.