Tuliokite

 IMA-A 1988-041
Thorium 15.4.6.1
(Dana Classification Number)
(No Images) 5/D.05-10
(Strunz ID)

Property Data Remarks
Named for: Tuliok River, Khibiny alkaline massif, Murmansk District, Russia, the mineral's type locale.
Alternate
    Name(s):
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    Mineral Class: Nitrates, Carbonates & Borates -
    - Tuliokite series    		  
    Chemical
        Formula:    		 BaNa6Th(CO3)6 · 6H2O  
    Chemical
        Composition:
    Barium: (Ba) 14.08%
    Carbon: (C) 7.39%
    Hydrogen: (H) 1.24%
    Oxygen: (O) 39.36%
    Sodium: (Na) 14.14%
    Thorium: (Th) 23.79%
    		by weight
    Molecular
        Weight:    		 975.45 daltons (amu)
    Specific
        Radioactivity:

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

    Specific Activity Dose Rate
    Becquerels Curies milliRems/hour microSieverts/hour
    1.0657 × 1004 2.88 × 10-07 0.15 15.46

    Estimated Average Annual Exposure: 360 mRem (3.6 milliSieverts)
    Crystalography:
    System: Trigonal - Rhombohedral
    Axial Ratios: a:c = 1:0.60705
    Cell Dimensions: a = 14.175, c = 8.605, Z = 3; V = 1,497.37 Den(Calc) = 3.25
    H-M Symbol: -3
    Space Group: R-3
    X Ray Diffraction: By Intensity(I/Io): 2.354(1) 2.674(0.9) 7.03(0.85)
    		 
    Habit:
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    Cleavage: None  
    Fracture:    
    Moh's
        Hardness:    		 3 - 4  
    Density: 3.15 grams/cm3
    Color: Light brown  
    Streak: White  
    Luster: Vitreous  
    Diaphaneity: Transparent  
    Pleochroism:
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    Ultra Violet
        Fluorescence:
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    Magnetism: Non-magnetic  
    Occurance:
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    Associated
        Minerals:

    Aegirine, Amicite, Ancylite', Apatite', Arfvedsonite, Barite, Barylite, Barytocalcite, Belovite, Belovite-(La), Bonshtedtite, Calcite, Canasite, Cancrinite, Chabazite', Delhayelite, Djerfisherite, Donnayite-(Y), Eudialyte, Ewaldite, Fenaksite, Fluorite, Isolueshite, Kalborsite, Kukharenkoite-(Ce), Labuntsovite-Mn, Lamprophyllite, Lomonosovite, Magnesium Astrophyllite, Mckelveyite-(Y), Microcline, Natrolite, Nepheline, Pectolite, Pirssonite, Quartz, Rasvumite, Shortite, Sidorenkite, Sodalite, Thermonatrite, Titanite, Trona, Villiaumite, Vinogradovite

    Minerals   -   Uranium & Thorium
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    		These are minerals known to be found with Tuliokite
    Locations:

    Extremely rare

    Tuliokite Locations
    Notes:

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

    Crystals are probably metamic.