heinrichite

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| name = Heinrichite

| category = Phosphate mineral

| image = Abernathyite, Heinrichite-497484.jpg

| imagesize = 260px

| caption = Green heinrichite crystals and pale yellow abernathyite crystals

| formula = Ba(UO2)2(AsO4)2·10H20

| IMAsymbol = Hrc{{Cite journal|last=Warr|first=L.N.|date=2021|title=IMA–CNMNC approved mineral symbols|journal=Mineralogical Magazine|volume=85|issue=3 |pages=291–320|doi=10.1180/mgm.2021.43 |bibcode=2021MinM...85..291W |s2cid=235729616 |doi-access=free}}

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| strunz = 8.EB.05

| dana = 40.2a.9.1

| system = Monoclinic

| class = Strunz

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| unit cell = a = 7.155 Å, b = 7.134 Å, c = 21.29 Å β = 104.171

| color = Pale yellow, pale green

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| refractive = nω = 1.605 nε = 1.573

| opticalprop = uniaxial (−)

| birefringence = 0.032

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| fluorescence= Yellow-green in longwave and shortwave UV

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| streak = Pale yellow

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| other = 25px Radioactive

| references ={{cite web|title=Heinrichite|url=https://www.mindat.org/min-1848.html|publisher=Mindat|accessdate=November 20, 2020|archive-date=November 28, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201128180318/https://www.mindat.org/min-1848.html|url-status=live}}

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Heinrichite is a monoclinic-prismatic containing arsenic, barium, hydrogen, oxygen, and uranium. The mineral is named after Eberhardt William Heinrich (1918–1991) who first noted it in 1958 in the U.S. State of Oregon.

Description

Heinrichite is radioactive pale green, pale yellow mineral. Heinrichite fluoresces light-green in longwave and shortwave ultraviolet.{{cite web|title=Heinrichite|url=https://www.mindat.org/min-1848.html|publisher=Mindat|accessdate=November 20, 2020|archive-date=November 28, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201128180318/https://www.mindat.org/min-1848.html|url-status=live}} Because of its uranium content, the mineral is radioactive.

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Category:Uranium(VI) minerals

Category:Arsenate minerals