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Uraninite Mineral Data

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General Uraninite Information

Help on Chemical  Formula: Chemical Formula: UO2
Help on Composition: Composition: Molecular Weight = 270.03 gm
   Uranium  88.15 %  U   100.00 % UO2
   Oxygen   11.85 %  O
           ______        ______ 
           100.00 %      100.00 % = TOTAL OXIDE
Help on Empirical Formula: Empirical Formula: UO2
Help on Environment: Environment: Granite and syenite pegmatites. Colloform crusts in high temperature hydrothermal veins. In quartz-pebble conglomerates.
Help on IMA Status: IMA Status: Valid Species (Pre-IMA) 1772
Help on Locality: Locality: Southern parts of the Canadian Precambrian Shield, Bancroft, Ontario. New Hampshire, USA. Transvaal gold-bearing conglomerates. Link to MinDat.org Location Data.
Help on Name Origin: Name Origin: From its elemental composition containing uranium.
Help on Name Pronunciation: Name Pronunciation: Uraninite + Pronunciation Say URANINITE
Help on Synonym: Synonym: Broggerite - Th bearing
  Gummite
  ICSD 29085
  PDF 41-1422