# Upalite

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{{Infobox mineral
| name        = Upalite
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| category    = [Phosphate minerals](/source/Phosphate_minerals)
| formula     = Al(UO<sub>2</sub>)<sub>3</sub>(PO<sub>4</sub>)<sub>2</sub>O(OH)·7H<sub>2</sub>O
| IMAsymbol   = Upa<ref>{{Cite journal|last=Warr|first=L.N.|date=2021|title=IMA–CNMNC approved mineral symbols|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}}</ref>
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| strunz      = 8.EC.05
| system      = [Monoclinic](/source/Monoclinic)
| class       = Prismatic (2/m) <br/><small>(same [H-M symbol](/source/H-M_symbol))</small>
| symmetry    = ''P''2<sub>1</sub>/a
| unit cell   = a = 13.7&nbsp;[Å](/source/%C3%85ngstr%C3%B6m), b = 16.82&nbsp;Å <br/>c = 9.33&nbsp;Å; β = 111.5°; Z&nbsp;=&nbsp;4
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| other       = 25px [Radioactive](/source/Radioactive)
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| references  = <ref name=Mindat>[http://www.mindat.org/min-4096.html Mindat]</ref>
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'''Upalite''' ([Al](/source/aluminium)([U](/source/uranium)[O](/source/oxygen)<sub>2</sub>)<sub>3</sub>([P](/source/phosphorus)O<sub>4</sub>)<sub>2</sub>O(O[H](/source/hydrogen))·7H<sub>2</sub>O) is a [mineral](/source/mineral) found in the [Democratic Republic of Congo](/source/Democratic_Republic_of_Congo). It is named after [uranium](/source/uranium), [phosphorus](/source/phosphorus) and [aluminium](/source/aluminium). Its [type locality](/source/Type_locality_(geology)) is Kobokobo pegmatite, Mwenga, [Sud-Kivu](/source/Sud-Kivu), Democratic Republic of Congo.<ref>[http://www.webmineral.com/data/Upalite.shtml Webmineral.com - Upalite]</ref><ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.handbookofmineralogy.com/pdfs/upalite.pdf |title=Handbook of Mineralogy (HOM - MSA) - Upalite |access-date=2013-01-25 |archive-date=2016-03-04 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304060725/http://www.handbookofmineralogy.com/pdfs/upalite.pdf |url-status=dead }}</ref>

== References ==
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Category:Aluminium minerals
Category:Uranium(VI) minerals
Category:Phosphate minerals
Category:Monoclinic minerals
Category:Minerals in space group 14

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