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Billietite

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Billietite mineral information and data

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Overview

Billietite is an uncommon mineral of uranium that contains barium. It has the chemical formula: Ba(UO2)6O4(OH)6•8H2O. It usually occurs as clear yellow orthorhombic crystals. Billietite is named after Valere Louis Billiet (1903–1945), Belgian crystallographer at the University of Ghent, Ghent, Belgium. Billietite was discovered in the locality of the Shinkolobwe uranium mine in the Haut-Katanga Province of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC).

Scientific references

  1. Billietite — Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3640019 Link
  2. Billietite — Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Billietite Link