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Becquerelite from
Pink Mine, Mitchell County, North Carolina, USA


Locality type:Mine
Classification
Species:Becquerelite
Formula:Ca(UO2)6O4(OH)6 · 8H2O
Comments:Associated with Clarkeite.
Confirmation
Validity:Confirmed
Confirmation Methods:XRD
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Becquerelite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Pink Mine, Mitchell County, North Carolina, USA
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:687690
Long-form Identifier:1:3:687690:6
GUID (UUID V4):07ce0953-fd8c-4030-98b9-781b35627969
Nearest other occurrences of Becquerelite
2.4km (1.5 miles) Wiseman Mine (Old Mart Wiseman Mine; Sullins-Wiseman Mine), Greasy Creek Township, Spruce Pine, Mitchell County, North Carolina, USA
5.0km (3.1 miles) Flat Rock Mine (Flat Rock pegmatite), Mitchell County, North Carolina, USA
14.1km (8.8 miles) Fanny Gouge Mine, Micaville, Celo, Yancey County, North Carolina, USA
References
Reference Search (possible matching items)
Book (volume)
instance, a single Spodumene crystal from the Etta Mine near Keystone on the east side of the Mount Rushmore...beds, excavations, etc.Selenite roses. BRULE COUNTY AREA: in the Oacoma zone of the Pierre Fm. On Elm...gray Barite rosette up to 5 or 6 inches. CAMPBELL COUNTY MOUND CITY, W to the Missouri R., regional hillsides...gravels, etc.petrified wood, wood opal. CORSON COUNTY LITTLE EAGLE:  area ridges, slopes, stream beds...Hounds in the United States CUSTER COUNTY AREA: The November Mine, 1.2 mi. SE of the Needles Eye Tunnel
Catalog/List
of the Mine" collection, assembled as a museum display in the offices of the Shinkolobwe mine, was ordered...Africa CUPROSKLODOWSKITE, META-VANURALITE, Musonoi Mine, Kolwezi, Shaba, Zaire Very attractive emerald-green...meta-torbernite followed by curite , soddyite, and minor becquerelite sequence. Shows the typical paragenetic oxidation.................. $200.00 GUILLEMINITE, Musonoi Mine, Kolwezi, Shaba , Zaire Yellow to yellow-green crystalline.......... . ....... $100.00 CARROLLITE, Musonoi Mine, Kolwezi , Shaba , Zaire Attractive, 1.2 cm on an
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
open system results in formation of schoepite, becquerelite and wyartite-II. Interaction of similar solutions...formation of dehydrated schoepite after one day and becquerelite after two to three days. Concentrated basic...produce uranyl-bearing calcite, wyartite-II, becquerelite and schoepite. Uranyl tricarbonate minerals...atomic force microscope (AFM). Red crystals of becquerelite grown in acidic solutions are elongate parallel...[010], [110] and [100] edges. The (001) face of pink crystals of wyartite-II grown in an acidic solution
Report (volume)
deposits-Continued Mines-Continued • Monument No. 2 mine-Continued Mineralogy and paragenesis of the Monument...___________________ Monument No. 1-Mitten No. 2 mine and Monument No. 1 Annex_______________________...Mesa______________________________________________ Mitchell Mesa_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _... 2 mine area. 6. Map of the workings in the Vanadium Corporation of America's Monument No. 2 mine. 7...maps and sections of the Monument No. 2 mine area, Apache County. 1. Index map of parts of Apache and Navajo
Book
ending perpendicular to its longitudinal axis (becquerelite, stibnite). —Monoclinic: oblique prism with...eee ae Hematite Ti, ae Cassiterite Utaniti a Becquerelite Billietite 10 on ee (GUT TC Ree were Masuyite...Francavillite Galena Garnets Barite ee ees, fees Becquerelite ....... Beryl jean ene te = Billictite tau...aquamarine variety (sea-blue-green) is less precious. The pink beryls (morganite) contain lithium and caesium;...measuring 45 x 25 x 15 yards has been found, with many pink beryl crystals embedded in walls of sodic feldspar
Book
ending perpendicular to its longitudinal axis (becquerelite, stibnite). —Monoclinic: oblique prism with...Hematite 106 Tin 108 Cassiterite 108 Uranium 110 Becquerelite 110 Billietite 112 < I Curite.............Azurite 96 Axinite 44 Autunite 116 Barite 52 Becquerelite 112 Beryl 22 Billietite 112 Brazilianite 42...aquamarine variety (sea-blue-green) is less precious. The pink beryls (morganite) contain lithium and caesium;...measuring 45 x 25 x 15 yards has been found, with many pink beryl crystals embedded in walls of sodic feldspar
Book
vvastewater during environmental reclamation at a mine that has ceased production. The following statistical...OECD (2012) In 2010, production of uraniurn in North An1erica represented about 21% of the worldwide...producer, at around 9,775 tU, and was the dominant North American producer. The MacArthur River 1nine, Saskatchewan...Saskatchewan, is the world's largest high-grade uraniu1n mine. The ore from that ,nine is crushed and treated...to start production at the Talvivaara Ni-Zn-Cu-Co mine, ,vhere bio-heap leaching is used to extract metals
Catalog/List
crystal locality near Coso Hot Springs, California, USA and the forsterite crystal locality on St. Johns...information is generic; occasionally a town or county name is also known. Some samples have mercury droplets...•82829 ... . ..... . .. . ... . .. . ... $7.50 BECQUERELITE AND RUTHERFORDINE, Sh inkolobwe, Shaba Zaire...3 mm bright yellow clusters (four) of bladed becquerelite crystals on acicular rutherford ine crystals...inite. .......... $75.00 •82831 . KERNITE, Kern County, California. Superb for the species, single kernite
Report (volume)
to ianthinite______________________________ Becquerelite. _____________________________________________________...(U0 3 ) from pitchblende from the Georg Wagsfort mine at J ohanngeorgenstadt in the Erzgebirge of Saxony...Fourmarierite Gummite Ianthinite Epi-ianthinite Becquerelite } Becquerelite group Billietite Rutherfordine Sharpite...three groups of minerals, the uraninite group, becquerelite group, and schoepite group, together with a...isometric in crystallization. The becquerelite group includes becquerelite, 7U0 3 ·11H 2 0, and its barium-containing
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
clarkeite from the Fanny Gouge mine near Spruce Pine, North Carolina, is: uu, 0*r](HrO)o noro.e,8(OH)...district in western North Cartemperature uranate. Anhydrous high-temperature ura- olina, USA, where it replaces...consisting of approximately the Spruce Pine district, Mitchell and Yancey Counties, FINCH AND EWING: CLARKEITE...(d) CSM 2026 l, SprucePine district (unspecified mine): Darkest region at bottom is predominantlyclarkeite...(RE)PO4(synthetic) apatite(mineral) garnet(mineral) Noth Carolina, U.S.A. A portion of the samplefrom Rajputana
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
OF URANYL-OXIDE-HYDROXY-HYDRATE MINERALS. II. BECQUERELITE MICHAEL SCHINDLER§ AND FRANK C. HAWTHORNE Department...46556-0767, USA ABSTRACT The morphology of etch pits on the basal surface of becquerelite, Ca(H2O)8 [(UO2)6O4(OH)6]...Dissolution features on the (001) basal surface of the becquerelite crystals were examined with atomic-force microscopy...elongate parallel to [010]. Etch pits formed on becquerelite in Ba-, K-, and Ca-containing solutions are...structures of billietite, compreignacite and becquerelite, and to the elongation of their crystals. The
Journal (issue)
M. Gressm an tgressman@comcast.n et The Musonoi mine, Kolwezi District, Lualaba Province, Democratic...COVER: METATORBERNITE, 6.6 cm, from the Musonoi mine, Kolwezi District, Democratic Republic of the Congo...three years, (Canada) $180 / one year, (outside USA other than Canada) $259 per year Subscription (individuals...collecting achievements contributing to the heritage of North American mineral specimens February 201 8 Notes...contributing to the Heritage of American (that is, North, Central and South American) mineral specimens.
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
natural crystals of schoepite from the Shinkolobwe mine, Tantara, Shaba, Democratic Republic of Congo. The...prismatic crystals of schoepite from the Shinkolobwe mine, where [100], [010] and [110] edges define the (001)...(Finch et al. 1996) and [(UO 2) 3O 2 (OH) 3] – in becquerelite, Ca[(UO 2 ) 3O 2 (OH)3]2(H2O)8 (Burns & Li 2002)...[(UO2)8O2(OH)12](H2O)12, are usually yellow, becquerelite, Ca[(UO 2)3O2(OH) 3]2 (H2O)8, appears reddish...surface, wyartite, Ca[U5+(UO2)2(CO3)O4(OH)](H2O)7, is pink, and liebigite, Ca2[(UO2)(CO3)3](H2O)11, is 1671
Book
18 Chapter 3: Important Mineral Localities • North America ..........................................Minerals; Rob Lavinsky, Arkenstone; Ross Lillie, North Star Minerals; Tom Loomis, Dakota Matrix Minerals;...uranium if higher prices justify reprocessing the mine tailings to recover some of the uranium that was...wastewater during environmental reclamation at a mine that has ceased production. The following statistical...400 3,169,200 In 2002, production of uranium in North America represented about 35% of world production
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
University of Notre Dame, Notre Dame, Indiana 46556-0767, USA Abstract Dissolution processes of Pb uranyl-hydroxy-hydrate...observations on the basal surfaces of curite, becquerelite, billietite and fourmarierite. The outline of...faites sur les surfaces de base de la curite, la becquerelite, la billietite et la fourmariérite. Le profil...common constituents of the weathered zones in U mine and mill tailings (Abdelouas et al. 1999). Lead-bearing...crystals of curite, Pb2+3(H2O)2[(UO2)4O4(OH)3]2, becquerelite, Ca(H2O)8[(UO2)6O4(OH)6], and billietite, B
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
University of Notre Dame, Notre Dame, Indiana 46556-0767, USA Abstract Dissolution experiments on freshly cleaved...structure of becquerelite, Ca(H2O)8 [(UO2)6O4(OH)6], and to the elongation of the becquerelite crystals....rangées d’atomes Ca dans la structure de la becquerelite, Ca(H2O)8[(UO2)6O4(OH)6], et à l’allongement... the canadian mineralogist des cristaux de becquerelite. Les différences notées dans l’allongement des...et al. 1997). Bulk-disolution experiments on becquerelite and schoepite show that the lowest solubilities
Book
states of Guanajuato and Chihuahua, Mexico. In the USA silver occurs at Keweenaw, Michigan, in association...Cananea, Mexico. In the USA copper is found in abundance in the Keweenaw area of north Michigan; at the Copper...Copper Queen mine, Bisbee, Arizona and at Georgetown, New Mexico. Treatment. Copper specimens should be...and from Kalgoorlie in Western Australia. In the USA gold is often obtained by individual prospectors...luminesce. The colour of diamond may be white, yellow, pink, green, blue, brown, red or black. There is a white
Report (volume)
_____________________ Mine descriptions________________________________________________ Box No. 4 mine._________...mine__________________________________________ Betty mine.__________________________________________________...mine____________________________________________ Hardy Fee mine-___________-_-_--___________-______-------- Guides...The cooperation of mine owners and operators was helpful in sampling and in mine studies. PREVIOUS WORK...the west by the Bighorn Mountains uplift. On the north, the Powder River drains a large part of the basin
Report (issue)
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 County Listings. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .... . . . . . . . 4 Mineral Localities Listed by County . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .... . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 Beaver County . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ... . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 Box Elder County . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .... . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10 Cache County . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Report (issue)
impregnation, replacement, or coating on fractures and mine walls. The commonly associated minerals are listed...other Survey geologists, AEC geologists, and by mine operators. Identification is based on the writers'...be one of the hydrated oxides: schoepite or becquerelite. 3. If the mineral has indices lower than 1...listed by mine name and the mining district, as shown on a map by Shoemaker and Luedke.2 Most mine names...alphabetical list of mine and mining district names is given in table 2; also the county and state in which
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
xline—crystalline CALIFORNIA — From near Indian Pass, Imperial County, Calif, we have a deep blue dumortierite that was... This fine 3x5 inch specimen comes from Teller County, Colorado. ARIZONA — "Would you please identify...was found July 2, 1959, near Cave Creek, Maricopa County, Arizona." — sent in by Clyde N. Hall, Elbridge... Ball Ground is in the northern part of Cherokee County of Northern Georgia. ILLINOIS — An anonymous reader...the state). We never heard of geodes in Hardin County — the specimen sent in may represent an isolated
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
exploration activity occurs on an irregular basis. Beaver County MINERAL COLLECTING IN THE STATE of Utah has undergone...does not give permis- Lincoln district: The Creole mine, located at the south end of the Mineral Range between...Preuss (Newhouse) district: The Cactus mine and nearby workings have pink crystals of anhydrite, goethite pseudomorphs...the Cactus mine was gated recently, and entry is now restricted. Rocky district: The Maria mine and the...the Bawana mine are large open pits that were worked in the 1960s for copper and still provide the opportunity
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
being exhibited: Mr. Biernbaum, Avondale, Delaware County; Mr. Hoadley, New England and Canadian localities;...localities; Mr. Oldach, Worrall's farm, Delaware County, and the French Creek mines; Mr. Clay, Stockton, N.... J.; Mr. Frankenfield, Moore, Delaware County; Mr. Warford, Mbore, N. J.; Mr. Boyle, Moore, N. J., and...curite, kasolite, schoepite, chinkolobwite, becquerelite, soddite, parsonite, and dewindtite, from the...idiomorphiccrystals;albite crystals,red and pink and colorlessin the pink dolomites; phlogopite crystals, non-pleochroic
Journal (issue)
by those of our readers who are mining engineers, mine offi• cials, prospectors, or those otherwise interested... An electric field creates a magnetic one. The North P ole of the earth, situated at its axis, is quite...interference is caused with the static electricity of the North and South P oles, creating Electron disturbances...on uraninite with zircon (massive) found in the North qua,rry. T he uraninitc and zircon are rare. Traces...ntagnetite ; in 1{ontgo111ery County, Virginia; in Burke County, North Carolina. Native iron has also been
Journal (issue)
i l d COVER: BECQUERELITE crystals to 5 mm, with uranophane, from the Shinkolobwe mine, Shaba (formerly... INTRODUCTION Located in central Africa to the north of the South African craton, the so-called South...outside the Shaba Crescent, as does the large Kipushi mine, which has yielded lead, zinc, silver, copper, cadmium...in Rhodesia. In principle it was established to mine gold in Rhodesia, but it had the obvious purpose...Kengere K International Boundary Mine or Prospect containing uranium Mine or Prospect (no uranium) Nambulwa
 
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