Piretite RC4717
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Piretite
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Name: Piretite
Location: Shinkolobwe, Shaba, Zaïre
Name Reference: The mineral is named for Paul Piret, Professor of Crystallography, University of Louvain-la-Neuve, Belgium
Chemical Formula: Ca(UO2)3(SeO3)2(OH)4 · 4H2O
Crystal System and Class: Orthorhombic - (Bi)pyramidal
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Origin (Determinator + Year): Deliens M. 1995
Publication: Piretite, Ca(UO2)3(SeO3)2(OH)4H2O, a new calcium uranyl selenite from Shinkolobwe, Shaba, Zaire
Renaud Vochten, Norbert Blaton & Oswald Peeters, Michel Deliens. The Canadian Mineralogist. Vol. 34 pp. 1317-1322. 1996
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Picture: Eddy Van Der Meersche, 2016
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images: Van de gehuchte Erik
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Holotype