{{Short description|Radioactive yellow uranium-containing carbonate mineral}} {{Infobox mineral | name = Schröckingerite | boxwidth = | boxbgcolor = | image = Schrockingerite-199668.jpg | imagesize = | alt = | caption = | category = Carbonate minerals | formula = NaCa<sub>3</sub>(UO<sub>2</sub>)[F<nowiki>|</nowiki>(CO<sub>3</sub>)<sub>3</sub>(SO<sub>4</sub>)]·10(H<sub>2</sub>O)<ref>Sometimes presented as: (NaCa<sub>3</sub>(UO<sub>2</sub>)(CO<sub>3</sub>)<sub>3</sub>(SO<sub>4</sub>)F·10(H<sub>2</sub>O)</ref> | IMAsymbol = Srö<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> | molweight = | strunz = 5.EG.05 | dana = | system = Triclinic | class = Pinacoidal ({{overline|1}}) <br/><small>(same H-M symbol)</small> | symmetry = ''P''{{overline|1}} | unit cell = | color = | colour = | habit = | twinning = | cleavage = | fracture = | tenacity = | mohs = | luster = | streak = | diaphaneity = | gravity = | density = | polish = | opticalprop = | refractive = | birefringence = | pleochroism = | 2V = | dispersion = | extinction = | length fast/slow = | fluorescence = | absorption = | melt = | fusibility = | diagnostic = | solubility = | impurities = | alteration = | other = 25px Radioactive | prop1 = | prop1text = | references = }}

'''Schröckingerite''' is a radioactive yellow uranium-containing carbonate mineral, hydrated sodium calcium uranyl sulfate carbonate fluoride.<ref name=Webmineral>http://www.webmineral.com/data/Schrockingerite.shtml Webmineral</ref><ref>http://www.mindat.org/min-3584.html Mindat</ref><ref name=OptMin>{{cite web|title=Schrockingerite|url=http://opticalmineralogy.com/the-carbonates-and-borates-mineral-class/schrockingerite/|publisher=OpticalMineralogy.com|accessdate=15 December 2011}}</ref> Schröckingerite crystallizes in the orthorhombic system, occurring as globular clusters, and fluoresces yellow-green under ultraviolet light.

thumb|Schröckingerite in UV-light|250px

Schröckingerite was first described in 1783 from an occurrence in Jáchymov, Bohemia, Czech Republic, and named for its discoverer, Julius Freiherr Schröckinger von Neudenberg (1814–1882).<ref name=Webmineral/><ref name=OptMin />

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Schrockingerite}} Category:Uranium(VI) minerals Category:Carbonate minerals Category:Sulfate minerals Category:Triclinic minerals Category:Minerals in space group 2

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