Voglite

 IMA-GP
Uranium 15.3.5.1
(Dana Classification Number)
(No Images) 5/F.03-20
(Strunz ID)

Property Data Remarks
Named for: Josef Florian Vogl, Austrian mining official and mineralogist, described the compound, and the uranium mines and minerals of Jáchymov, Czech Republic
Alternate
    Name(s):
  		•  
    Mineral Class:
    Nitrates, Carbonates and Borates
      Uranylcarbonates ([UO2]+2 - [CO3]-2)
        Roubaultite - Voglite series
    		 
    Chemical
        Formula:    		 Ca2Cu(UO2)(CO3)4 · 6H2O  
    Chemical
        Composition:
    Calcium: (Ca) 10.52%
    Carbon: (C) 6.31%
    Copper: (Cu) 8.34%
    Hydrogen: (H) 1.59%
    Oxygen: (O) 42.00%
    Uranium: (U) 31.24%
    		by weight
    Molecular
        Weight:    		 761.86 daltons (amu)
    Specific
        Radioactivity:

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

    Specific Activity Dose Rate
    Becquerels Curies milliRems/hour microSieverts/hour
    5.5925 × 1004 1.51 × 10-06 0.82 82.05

    Estimated Average Annual Exposure: 360 mRem (3.6 milliSieverts)
    Crystalography:
    System: Monoclinic - Sphenoidal
    or:
    triclinic (?)
    Axial Ratios: a:b:c = 1.0599:1:0.4367
    Cell Dimensions: a = 25.97, b = 24.5, c = 10.7, Z = 16; beta = 104° V = 6,605.81 Den(Calc) = 3.06
    H-M Symbol: 2
    Space Group: P21
    X Ray Diffraction: By Intensity(I/Io): 8.7(1) 12.6(1) 9.65(0.8)
    		 
    Habit:
  • Scaly
  		•   
    Cleavage:
    [001]
    [010] Perfect
    [100]
    		 
    Fracture:    
    Moh's
        Hardness:    		    
    Density: 2.8 grams/cm3
    Color: Grass-green  
    Streak: Pale green  
    Luster: Vitreous - Pearly  
    Diaphaneity: Transparent to translucent  
    Pleochroism:
    (x): Dark bluish green
    (y:) Pale yellow
    (z:) Pale yellow
    		 
    Ultra Violet
        Fluorescence:
    Long Wave: -
    Short Wave: Green
    		 
    Magnetism: Non-magnetic  
    Occurance:
  • Alteration product of uraninite
  		•   
    Associated
        Minerals:

    Annabergite, Beyerite, Billietite, Bismuth, Bismuthinite, Bismutite, Dewindtite, Erythrite, Eulytine, Galena, 'Ganomatite', Geminite, Gypsum, Johannite, Kasolite, Kettnerite, Köttigite, Lavendulan, Liebigite, Lindackerite, Metaschoepite, Metazellerite, Namibite, Olivenite, 'Pitticite', Pucherite, Schröckingerite, Sodium-Zippeite, Sphalerite, Strashimirite, Uraninite, Uranopilite, Wurtzite, Zellerite, Zippeite

    Mineral   -   > 67% of sites
    Mineral   -   > 33% of sites
    Minerals   -   Uranium & Thorium
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    		These are minerals known to be found with Voglite
    Locations:

    Very rare

    Voglite Locations
    Notes:

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

    Crystals are probably metamic.