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Bassetite and uranospathite1

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  14 March 2018

Clifford Frondel
Clifford Frondel*
Affiliation:
Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts
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Bassetite and uranospathite Were described as new uranium minerals from Cornwall in 1915 by A. F. Hallimond, to whose paper reference should be made to supplement the descriptions given here. The position of both minerals as relatives of autunite was recognized by Hallimond. Unfortunately, chemical analyses could not be obtained and the composition of these minerals has remained uncertain. No further information has been published about uranospathite. In 1940 Meixner reported that microchemical tests of an apparently authentic specimen of bassetite from Cornwall indicated that the mineral was a hydrated iron uranyl phosphate.

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Research Article
Information
Mineralogical magazine and journal of the Mineralogical Society , Volume 30 , Issue 225 , June 1954 , pp. 343 - 353
Copyright
Copyright © 1954, The Mineralogical Society

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