Ulrichite is a rare green uranium phosphate mineral (CaCu(UO2)[PO4]2·4H2O).[2] It crystallizes as monoclinic prisms which occur as apple green acicular radiating clusters.[3] It is radioactive and exhibits strong yellow fluorescence under ultraviolet radiation.[2]
| Ulrichite | |
|---|---|
 Ulrichite (three green vugs) | |
| General | |
| Category | Phosphate mineral |
| Formula (repeating unit) | CaCu(UO2)[PO4]2·4H2O |
| IMA symbol | Ulr[1] |
| Strunz classification | 8.EA.15 |
| Crystal system | Monoclinic |
| Crystal class | Prismatic (2/m) (same H-M symbol) |
| Space group | P21/c |
| Identification | |
| Other characteristics |  Radioactive |
Ulrichite was first described in 1988 for samples from the Lake Boga granite quarry, Lake Boga, Victoria, Australia. It was named for George H. F. Ulrich (1830–1900),[3] a 19th-century government geologist and mines department inspector. The type locality at Lake Boga is the only reported occurrence and the type specimen is located at the Museum Victoria, Melbourne, Australia, as #M38576.[3]
It is of secondary origin in granite pegmatites where it is found in miarolitic cavities. It occurs associated with turquoise, chalcosiderite, cyrilovite, torbernite, libethenite, sampleite, saleeite and fluorapatite.[3]
References
edit- ^ Warr, L.N. (2021). "IMA–CNMNC approved mineral symbols". Mineralogical Magazine. 85 (3): 291–320. Bibcode:2021MinM...85..291W. doi:10.1180/mgm.2021.43. S2CID 235729616.
- ^ a b Mindat
- ^ a b c d Handbook of Mineralogy
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