Triangulite R140862


Name: Triangulite
RRUFF ID: R140862
Ideal Chemistry: Al3(UO2)4(PO4)4(OH)5·5H2O
Locality: Kobokobo pegmatite, Lusungu River District, Sud-Kivu, Democratic Republic Of Congo
Source: Rock Currier [view label]
Owner: RRUFF
Description: Orange yellow crystalline aggregate at the edge of sample. Associated with yellow tabular and transparent crystals of moreauite (fluorescent under UV) and meta-autunite.
Status: unconfirmed
REFERENCES for Triangulite

Anthony J W, Bideaux R A, Bladh K W, and Nichols M C (1990) Handbook of Mineralogy, Mineral Data Publishing, Tucson Arizona, USA, by permission of the Mineralogical Society of America. [view file]

Deliens M, Piret P (1982) Les phosphates d'uranyle et d'aluminum de Kobokobo. VI. La triangulite, Al3(UO2.PO4)4(OH)5. 5H2O, nouveau minéral, Bulletin de Minéralogie, 105, 611-614   [view file]

Dunn P J, Grice J D, Fleischer M, Pabst A (1984) New mineral names, American Mineralogist, 69, 210-215   [view file]