Visible: X = Pinkish, Y = Light yellow, Z = Light yellow
2V angle
Measured: 30°
Ultraviolet fluorescence
Weak; yellow-green to pale greenish under LW and SW
Other characteristics
Radioactive
References
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Bayleyite is a uranium carbonate mineral with the chemical formula: Mg2(UO2)(CO3)3·18(H2O). It is a secondary mineral which contains magnesium, uranium and carbon. It is a bright yellow color. Its crystal habit is acicular but is more commonly found as crusts on uranium bearing ores. It has a Mohs hardness of about 2–2.5.[2]
Bayleyite is a uranium carbonate mineral with the chemical formula: Mg2(UO2)(CO3)3·18(H2O). It is a secondary mineral which contains magnesium, uranium...
Municipal Airport, an airport in Bay City, Texas, U.S., by FAA LID code Bayleyite, a yellow, uranium-containing mineral, by International Mineralogical...
samples must be stored in dry conditions. It occurs with schrockingerite, bayleyite, schwarzites, boltwoodite, liebigite and gypsum. It was first described...