Althupite

Althupite (IMA symbol: Ahp^[1]) is a rare aluminium thorium uranyl phosphate mineral with complex formula written as AlTh(UO₂)₇(PO₄)₄O₂(OH)₅·15H₂O, from a granitic pegmatite. It is named after its composition (ALuminium, THorium, Uranium, and Phosphorus).^[2]^[3]^[4]

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^ Warr, L.N. (2021). "IMA-CNMNC approved mineral symbols". Mineralogical Magazine. 85 (3): 291–320. Bibcode:2021MinM...85..291W. doi:10.1180/mgm.2021.43. S2CID 235729616.
^ Piret P. and Deliens M. 1987: Les phosphates d'uranyle et d'aluminium de Kobokobo. IX. L'althupite AlTh(UO₂)[(UO₂)₃O(OH)(PO₄)₂]₂(OH)₃·15H₂O, nouveau minéral; propriétés et structure cristalline. Bulletin de Mineralogie, 110, 65-72
^ http://www.mindat.org/min-149.html Mindat
^ http://rruff.geo.arizona.edu/doclib/hom/althupite.pdf Handbook of Mineralogy

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[1] Warr, L.N. (2021). "IMA-CNMNC approved mineral symbols". Mineralogical Magazine. 85 (3): 291–320. Bibcode:2021MinM...85..291W. doi:10.1180/mgm.2021.43. S2CID 235729616.

[2] Piret P. and Deliens M. 1987: Les phosphates d'uranyle et d'aluminium de Kobokobo. IX. L'althupite AlTh(UO₂)[(UO₂)₃O(OH)(PO₄)₂]₂(OH)₃·15H₂O, nouveau minéral; propriétés et structure cristalline. Bulletin de Mineralogie, 110, 65-72

[3] ttp://www.mindat.org/min-149.html Mindat

[4] ttp://rruff.geo.arizona.edu/doclib/hom/althupite.pdf Handbook of Mineralogy

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