Rutherfordine

Image

Rutherfordine specimen from Musonoi Mine, Kolwezi, Kolwezi District, Katanga Copper Crescent, Katanga, Democratic Republic of Congo. Field of view 7 mm

© Photo by Leon Hupperichs (via Wikimedia Commons), CC-BY-SA 3.0

Properties

Formula UO2(CO3)
Abbreviation Rfd
Luminescence emitter UO2
IMA Status Approved (IMA 1962 s.p.)
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Tags Mineral, Uranyl , Carbonate

Composition

Element Atoms
U 1
O 5
C 1
Total: 7

Reference

Reference Lines Spectra Images
Gorobets and Rogojine 2002 4 0 0