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General Upalite Information

Help on Chemical  Formula: Chemical Formula: Al(UO2)3(PO4)2O(OH)·7(H2O)
Help on Composition: Composition: Molecular Weight = 1,186.12 gm
   Uranium     60.20 %  U    68.30 % UO2
   Aluminum     2.27 %  Al    4.30 % Al2O3
   Phosphorus   5.22 %  P    11.97 % P2O5
   Hydrogen     1.27 %  H    11.39 % H2O
   Oxygen      31.02 %  O
              ______        ______ 
              100.00 %       95.95 % = TOTAL OXIDE
Help on Empirical Formula: Empirical Formula: Al(UO2)3(PO4)2O(OH)·7(H2O)
Help on IMA Status: IMA Status: Approved IMA 1979
Help on Locality: Locality: Link to MinDat.org Location Data.
Help on Synonym: Synonym: ICSD 40130
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Upalite Crystallography

Help on Axial Ratios: Axial Ratios: a:b:c =0.8147:1:0.5548
Help on Cell Dimensions: Cell Dimensions: a = 13.704, b = 16.82, c = 9.332, Z = 4; beta = 111.5° V = 2,001.36 Den(Calc)= 3.94
Help on Crystal System: Crystal System: Monoclinic - PrismaticH-M Symbol (2/m) Space Group: P 21/a
Help on X Ray Diffraction: X Ray Diffraction: By Intensity(I/Io): 8.4(1), 3.43(0.8), 4.18(0.8),
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Piret P , Declercq J-P , Bulletin de Mineralogie , 106 (1983) p.383-389, Structure cristalline de l upalite Al[(UO2)3O(OH)(PO4)2]*7H2O., Un exemple de macle mimetique, Locality: Kobokobo, Kivu, Democratic Republic of the Congo

 

Physical Properties of Upalite

Help on Cleavage: Cleavage: [???] Perfect
Help on Color: Color: Brownish yellow.
Help on Density: Density: 3.5
Help on Hardness: Hardness: 3 - Calcite
Help on Streak: Streak: light yellow
 

Optical Properties of Upalite

Help on Gladstone-Dale: Gladstone-Dale: CI meas= -0.376 (Poor) - where the CI = (1-KPDmeas/KC)
CI calc= -0.222 (Poor) - where the CI = (1-KPDcalc/KC)
KPDcalc= 0.1684,KPDmeas= 0.1896,KC= 0.1378
Help on Optical Data: Optical Data: Biaxial (-), a=1.649, b=1.666, g=1.676, bire=0.0270, 2V(Calc)=74, 2V(Meas)=74.
 

Calculated Properties of Upalite

Help on Electron Density: Electron Density:

relectron=3.44 gm/cc
note: rUpalite =3.94 gm/cc.

Help on Fermion Index Fermion Index Fermion Index = 0.00448
Boson Index = 0.99552
Help on Photoelectric: Photoelectric:

PEUpalite =1,564.18 barns/electron
U=PEUpalite x relectron=5,382.86 barns/cc.

Help on Radioactivity: Radioactivity:

GRapi = 4,482,147.89 (Gamma Ray American Petroleum Institute Units)

Upalite is Radioactive as defined in 49 CFR 173.403. Greater than 70 Bq / gram.

Estimated Maximum U.S. Postal Shipping Size (10 mRem/hr limit, Unshielded 10 cm box) 6.79 ± 1.70 grams of pure Upalite .
Estimated Maximum U.S. Postal Shipping Size (10 mRem/hr limit, Unshielded 100 cm box) 678.62 ±169.65 grams of pure Upalite .

Estimated Radioactivity from Upalite - very strong
Specimen
Size
Weight/Volume
(Sphere)
*
Calculated
Activity
Bequerols
(Bq)
Calculated
Activity
Curies (Ci)
Estimated
Activity
GR(api)
Estimated
Exposure
(mRem**)/hr
If Held in Hand
For One Hour
1000 gm / 7.86 cm 107,764,301 2.91E-03 4,482,147.89 1,473.58
100 gm / 3.65 cm 10,776,430 2.91E-04 448,214.79 147.36
10 gm / 1.69 cm 1,077,643 2.91E-05 44,821.48 14.74
1 gm / 7.86 mm 107,764 2.91E-06 4,482.15 1.47
0.1 gm / 3.65 mm 10,776 2.91E-07 448.21 0.15
0.01 gm / 1.69 mm 1,078 2.91E-08 44.82 0.01
0.001 gm / 0.79 mm 108 2.91E-09 4.48 0.00

Weight of pure Upalite in grams (gm) and Calculated Diameter of a Sphere with a Density of 3.94 gm/cc.*
Goverment Estimate of Average Annual Exposure ( 360 mRem) **
Note: 10 microsieverts/hr = 1 mRem/hr **
Max Permissable Adult Dose 50,000 mRem/yr (hands), 15,000 mRem/yr (eyes)
Lethal Dose LD(50) Exposure 400,000 to 500,000 mRem
 

Upalite Classification

Help on  Dana Class: Dana Class: 42.7.12.1 (42)Hydrated Phosphates, etc., Containing Hydroxyl or Halogen
  (42.7)where (AB)5 (XO4)3 Zq · x(H2O)
  (42.7.12)Dana Group
 
42.7.12.1 Upalite Al(UO2)3(PO4)2O(OH)·7(H2O) P 21/a 2/m
Help on  Strunz Class: Strunz Class: VII/E.05-30 VII - Phosphates, Arsenates and Vanadates
  VII/E - Uranylphosphates and uranylvanadates with [UO2]2+ - [PO4 | AsO4]3- and [UO2]2+ - [V2O8]6-
  VII/E.05 - Ranunculite - Moreauite series
 
VII/E.05-10 Ranunculite HAl(UO2)(PO4)(OH)3·4(H2O) Unk (pseudo ORTH) Mono
 
VII/E.05-20 Triangulite Al3(UO2)4(PO4)4(OH)5·5(H2O) P1,P 1 Tri
 
VII/E.05-30 Upalite Al(UO2)3(PO4)2O(OH)·7(H2O) P 21/a 2/m
 
VII/E.05-40 Threadgoldite Al(UO2)2(PO4)2(OH)·8(H2O) C 2/c 2/m
 
VII/E.05-50 Furongite Al2(UO2)(PO4)3(OH)2·8(H2O) P1 1
 
VII/E.05-60 Moreauite Al3(UO2)(PO4)3(OH)2·13(H2O) P 21/c 2/m
 

Other Upalite Information

Help on References: References: PHYS. PROP.(Enc. of Minerals,2nd ed.,1990) OPTIC PROP.(Enc. of Minerals,2nd ed.,1990)
Help on See Also: See Also: Links to other databases for Upalite :
1 -Am. Min. Crystal Structure Database 2 -Athena 3 - EUROmin Project 4 -Google Images 5 -Google Scholar 6 -Handbook of Mineralogy (UofA) 7 -MinDAT 8 -MinMax(Deutsch) 9 -MinMax(English) 10 -Mineralienatlas (Deutsch) 11 -QUT Mineral Atlas 12 - Uranium Minerals 13 - WWW-MINCRYST 14 -École des Mines de Paris

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Al(UO2)3(PO4)2O(OH)·7(H2O)
Dana No: 42.7.12.1 Strunz No: VII/E.05-30
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