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General Voglite Information

Help on Chemical  Formula: Chemical Formula: Ca2Cu(UO2)(CO3)4•6(H2O)
Help on Composition: Composition: Molecular Weight = 761.86 gm
   Calcium   10.52 %  Ca   14.72 % CaO
   Uranium   31.24 %  U    35.44 % UO2
   Copper     8.34 %  Cu   10.44 % CuO
   Hydrogen   1.59 %  H    14.19 % H2O
   Carbon     6.31 %  C    23.11 % CO2
   Oxygen    42.00 %  O
            ______        ______ 
            100.00 %       97.90 % = TOTAL OXIDE
Help on Empirical Formula: Empirical Formula: Ca2Cu(UO2)(CO3)4•6(H2O)
Help on Environment: Environment: Alteration product of uraninite.
Help on IMA Status: IMA Status: Valid Species (Pre-IMA) 1853
Help on Locality: Locality: Elias mine near Joachimstal, Bohemia, Czech Republic. Link to MinDat.org Location Data.
Help on Name Origin: Name Origin: Named for Josef Florian Vogl, Austrian mining official and mineralogist, who described the compound and published on uranium mines and minerals of Jachymov, Czech Republic.
Help on Name Pronunciation: Name Pronunciation: Voglite Say VOGLITE