| |
 |
Natrozippeite Mineral Data
|
|
|
General Natrozippeite Information
|
 Chemical Formula: |
Na4(UO2)6(SO4)3(OH)10•4(H2O) |
| Composition: |
Molecular Weight = 2,458.63 gm |
| |
Sodium 3.74 % Na 5.04 % Na2O |
| |
Uranium 58.09 % U 65.90 % UO2 |
| |
Hydrogen 1.72 % H 15.39 % H2O |
| |
Sulfur 3.91 % S 9.77 % SO3 |
| |
Oxygen 32.54 % O |
| |
______ ______ |
| |
100.00 % 96.10 % = TOTAL OXIDE |
| Empirical Formula: |
Na4(UO2)6(SO4)3(OH)10•16(H2O) |
| IMA Status: |
Approved IMA 1976 |
| Locality: |
Mayn mines on the Colorado Plateau including the Happy Jack mine, White Canyon, San Juan County, Utah, USA. Link to MinDat.org Location Data. |
| Name Origin: |
Named for its composition and for Franz Xaver Maxmillian Zippe (1791-1863), Austrian mineralogist. |
| Synonym: |
Sodium-zippite - Renamed natrozippite by Mineralogical Record, v39:131 |
| |