renardite Min.
(rəˈnɑːdaɪt)
[a. F. renardite (A. Schoep 1928, in Bull. de la Soc. Fran{cced}aise de Min. LI. 247), f. the name of A. F. Renard (1842–1903), of the University of Ghent: see -ite1.]
A hydrated basic phosphate of lead and uranium, Pb(UO2)4(PO4)2(OH)4.7H2O, found as minute, yellow orthorhombic crystals.
| 1929 Amer. Mineralogist XIV. 244 Renardite... Found as minute crystals with quartz, torbernite and clay from the Kasolo Mine, Katanga, Belgian Congo. 1956 [see dewindtite]. 1971 Mineral Abstr. XXII. 267/1 The geological, mineralogical, and metallogenic character of the uraniferous schists of the Salamanca province of western Spain are described... Secondary minerals are represented by gummite,..renardite [etc.]. |