Mineralpedia Details for Saleeite
Saleeite
More properly spelled Saléeite, this mineral is named for Achille Salée, who was a Professor of Geology at the Catholic University of Louvain in Louvain, Belgium. Saleeite can be found in the oxidized zones of U-rich metallic hydrothermal deposits as well as some U-rich sedimentary deposits. Saleeite can be found in many localities. It is strongly radioactive.
Ref. Handbook of Mineralogy, Anthony et al (1995) and MSA at http://www.handbookofmineralogy.org/pdfs/saleeite.pdf
- Formula
- Mg(UO2)2(PO4)2ยท10H2O
- Crystal System
- Tetragonal
- Crystal Habit
- Tabular, Aggregates
- Cleavage
- Perfect, Indistinct, Indistinct
- Luster
- Vitreous (Glassy)
- Color
- yellow, yellow green, olive green
- Streak
- yellow white
- Class
- Tetragonal - Ditetragonal Dipyramidal
- Hardness
- 2.5
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Saleeite from Jabiru, Northern Territories, Australia
Square, tabular crystals to 4mm.
Saleeite from Ranger mine, Northern Territory, Australia
Vivid yellowish green square platy crystals to 9mm.
Saleeite from Ranger mine, Northern Territory, Australia
Yellowish green, lusterous square, thin tabular crystals to 1mm.
Saleeite from Rum Jungle, Northern Territory, Australia
Excellent, albiet small, specimen loaded with vividly colored, naturally fluorescent, this tabular crystals to 1mm.
Saleeite from near Boa Vista creek, Galileia, Minas Gerais, Brazil
Green, translucent, thin, tabular crystals to 1mm.
Saleeite from La Commanderie mine, Le Temple, Deux-Sèvres, France
Yellow crystal plates to less than 0.75mm.
