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coffinite

Nesosilicate mineral

Instance of: mineral species
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1.Stated in The IMA List of Minerals (March 2019)
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Subclass of: zircon mineral group
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1.Stated in Fleischer’s Glossary of Mineral Species 2014
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Coffinite is a uranium-bearing silicate mineral with formula: U(SiO4)1−x(OH)4x.

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Nickel-Strunz '10th ed', review of (9th ed/ 2009 update): 9.AD.30
IMA status and/or rank: grandfathered mineral (G)
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1.Stated in IMA/CNMNC List of Mineral Names (March 2007)
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Nickel-Strunz 9th edition (updated 2009): 9.AD.30
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1.Stated in mineralienatlas.de
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Space group: space group I4₁/amd
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1.Stated in mineralienatlas.de
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Crystal system: tetragonal crystal system
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1.Stated in mineralienatlas.de
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Named after: Reuben C. Coffin
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1.Stated in Coffinite, a uranous silicate with hydroxyl substitution: a new mineral
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IMA Mineral Symbol: Cof
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1.Stated in IMA–CNMNC approved mineral symbols
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Formula: U(SiO₄) * nH₂O
Strunz 8th edition (series ID, updated): VIII/A.07
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1.Stated in Mineralogische Tabellen : Eine Klassifizierung der Mineralien auf kristallchemischer Grundlage, mit einer Einfuhrung in die Kristallchemie (1982)
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Point group: ditetragonal-dipyramidal

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