# Mundite

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| name        = Mundite
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| image       = Mundite-520226.jpg
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| caption     = Yellow to yellowish-orange mundite from Kobokobo pegmatite, Lusungu River District, [Sud-Kivu](/source/Sud-Kivu), Democratic Republic of Congo (Zaïre)
 (field of view: 3 mm)
| category    = [Phosphate mineral](/source/Phosphate_mineral)s
| formula     = Al(UO<sub>2</sub>)<sub>3</sub>(PO<sub>4</sub>)<sub>2</sub>(OH)<sub>3</sub>·5(H<sub>2</sub>O)
| IMAsymbol   = Mud<ref>{{Cite journal|last=Warr|first=L.N.|date=2021|title=IMA–CNMNC approved mineral symbols|url=https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/mineralogical-magazine/article/imacnmnc-approved-mineral-symbols/62311F45ED37831D78603C6E6B25EE0A|journal=Mineralogical Magazine|volume=85|issue=3|pages=291–320|doi=10.1180/mgm.2021.43|bibcode=2021MinM...85..291W|s2cid=235729616|doi-access=free|url-access=subscription}}</ref>
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| strunz      = 8.EC.30
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| system      = [Orthorhombic](/source/Orthorhombic) <br/>Unknown space group
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| symmetry    = ''P2<sub>1</sub>cn'', ''Pmcn''
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| other       = 25px [Radioactive](/source/Radioactive)
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| references  = <ref>[https://www.mineralienatlas.de/lexikon/index.php/MineralData?mineral=Mundite Mineralienatlas]</ref><ref>[http://www.mindat.org/min-2808.html Mindat.org]</ref><ref>[http://webmineral.com/data/Mundite.shtml Webmineral data]</ref>
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'''Mundite''' is a [uranium](/source/uranium) [phosphate mineral](/source/phosphate_mineral) with chemical formula: Al(UO<sub>2</sub>)<sub>3</sub>(PO<sub>4</sub>)<sub>2</sub>(OH)<sub>3</sub>·5(H<sub>2</sub>O). It contains [aluminium](/source/aluminium) and has a yellow tinge to it. It usually appears on [sandstone](/source/sandstone)s or [limestone](/source/limestone)s.

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Category:Uranium(VI) minerals
Category:Aluminium minerals
Category:Phosphate minerals
Category:Orthorhombic minerals
Category:Minerals in space group 33
Category:Minerals in space group 62

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