Cavities in clays above the salt strata (Kushkanatau salt deposit, Uzbekistan).
IMA Status:
Approved IMA 1964
Locality:
Kushkanatau salt deposit, lower Amu Darya River, Kara-Kalpakii, Uzbekistan. Link to MinDat.org Location Data.
Name Origin:
Named for Aleksandr Sergeevich Uklonskii (1882-1972), mineralogist, Tashkent University, Tashkent, Uzbekistan, who studied central Asian mineral deposits.
CI meas= 0.046 (Good) - where the CI = (1-KPDmeas/KC) CI calc= 0.026 (Excellent) - where the CI = (1-KPDcalc/KC)
KPDcalc= 0.2025,KPDmeas= 0.1984,KC= 0.208 Ncalc = 1.5 - 1.52
Optical Data:
Biaxial (+), a=1.476, g=1.5, bire=0.0240
Calculated Properties of Uklonskovite
Electron Density:
Bulk Density (Electron Density)=2.43 gm/cc note: Specific Gravity of Uklonskovite =2.41 gm/cc.
Fermion Index:
Fermion Index = 0.01 Boson Index = 0.99
Photoelectric:
PEUklonskovite = 1.52 barns/electron U=PEUklonskovite x rElectron Density= 3.70 barns/cc.
Radioactivity:
GRapi = 0 (Gamma Ray American Petroleum Institute Units) Uklonskovite is Not Radioactive
Uklonskovite Classification
Dana Class:
31.07.02.01(31)Hydrated Sulfates Containing Hydroxyl or Halogen