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Margnac Mine, Compreignac, Haute-Vienne, Nouvelle-Aquitaine, France Margnac Mine, Compreignac, Haute- Margnac Mine, Compreignac, Haute-Vienne, Nouvelle-
Vienne, Nouvelle-Aquitaine, France Aquitaine, France

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Margnac Mine, Compreignac, Haute-Vienne, Margnac Mine, Margnac Mine, Compreignac, Haute-
Nouvelle-Aquitaine, France Compreignac, Haute- Vienne, Nouvelle-Aquitaine, France
Vienne, Nouvelle-Aquitaine,
France

Agrinierite
Margnac Mine, Compreignac, Haute-Vienne, Nouvelle-
Aquitaine, France

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Agrinierite
Margnac Mine, Compreignac, Haute-Vienne, Nouvelle-
Aquitaine, France

Formula: K 2 (Ca,Sr)[(UO 2 ) 3 O 3 (OH) 2 ] 2 5H 2 O

System: Orthorhombic Colour: Orange

Name: Named in 1972 by Fabien P. Cesbron, W. L. Brown, Pierre Bariand, and Jacques Geffroy in honor of
Henri Agrinier [1928-1971], an engineer in the Mineralogy Laboratory of the French Atomic
Energy Commission, Paris, France.

This page provides mineralogical data about Agrinierite.

Classification of Agrinierite
IMA status: Approved

Approval Year: 1971

Strunz 8th ed.: 4/H.02-10

Nickel-Strunz 4.GB.05
10th (pending)
ed.: 4 : OXIDES (Hydroxides, V[5,6] vanadates, arsenites, antimonites, bismuthites, sulfites, selenites, tellurites, iodates)
G : Uranyl Hydroxides
B : With additional cations (K, Ca, Ba, Pb, etc.); with mainly UO2(O,OH)5 pentagonal polyhedra

Dana 8th ed.: 5.5.1.1

5 : OXIDES CONTAINING URANIUM OR THORIUM

5 : AX3O10xH2O

Hey's CIM Ref.: 7.16.13

7 : Oxides and Hydroxides

16 : Oxides of U

Physical Properties of Agrinierite

Diaphaneity Transparent, Translucent
(Transparency):
Colour: Orange

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Cleavage: Distinct/Good
on {001}

Density: 5.7 g/cm3 (Measured) 5.55 g/cm3 (Calculated)

Optical Data of Agrinierite

Type: Biaxial (-)

Dispersion: relatively weak

Chemical Properties of Agrinierite

Formula: K 2 (Ca,Sr)[(UO 2 ) 3 O 3 (OH) 2 ] 2 5H 2 O

IMA Formula: K 2 Ca[(UO 2 ) 3 O 3 (OH) 2 ] 2 5H 2 O

Elements listed Ca, H, K, O, U - search for minerals with similar chemistry

in formula:
Analytical Data: Sample from Margnac Mine, France
Analytical results by electron microprobe, water by thermogravimetry (TGA)
Empirical formula based on three uranium and ten oxygen atoms per formula unit

UO3 (85.15)
CaO (2.20)
SrO (2.05)
K2O (3.35)
H2O (7.45)

sum 100.20 wt.-%

Crystallography of Agrinierite
Crystal System: Orthorhombic

Cell Parameters: a = 14.04 , b = 24.07 , c = 14.13

Ratio: a:b:c = 0.583 : 1 : 0.587

Unit Cell V 4,775.13 (Calculated from Unit Cell)

Volume:
Z: 16

Morphology: Crystals tabular on {001}, pseudohexagonal in section

Twinning: Sector twins with composition plane {110}

X-Ray Powder d-spacing Intensity

Diffraction Data: 2.023 (s)
3.128 (vvs)
3.153 (vs)
3.485 (vs)
3.516 (s)
6.05 (ms)
7.08 (vvs)

Comments: Sample from the type locality

Type Occurrence of Agrinierite

Type Locality: Margnac Mine, Compreignac, Haute-Vienne, Nouvelle-Aquitaine, France

Place of University of Pierre and Marie Curie, Paris; National School of Mines, Paris, France; National Museum of Natural History, Washington, D.C., USA,
Conservation of 137454.
Type Material:
Geological oxidation zone of a uranium deposit
Setting of Type
Material:

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Empirical (Ca 0.40 K 0.36 Sr 0.20 ) =0.96 U 3.00 O 10 4.17H 2 O

Formula:
Associated Uranophane Gummite
Minerals at Type
Locality:

Relationship of Agrinierite to other Species

Related Minerals 4.GB.05 Compreignacite K 2 (UO 2 ) 6 O 4 (OH) 6 7H 2 O
- Nickel-Strunz
Grouping): 4.GB.05 Rameauite
[3] [5] [4]
K 2 Ca(H 2 O)(H 2 O) 4 [(UO 2 ) 6 O 6 (OH) 4 ](H 2 O)

4.GB.10 Becquerelite Ca(UO 2 ) 6 O 4 (OH) 6 8H 2 O

4.GB.10 Billietite Ba(UO 2 ) 6 O 4 (OH) 6 4-8H 2 O

4.GB.10 Protasite Ba(UO 2 ) 3 O 3 (OH) 2 3H 2 O

3+
4.GB.15 Richetite (Fe ,Mg)Pb 8.6 (UO 2 ) 36 O 36 (OH) 24 41H 2 O

4.GB.20 Bauranoite Ba(UO 2 ) 2 (OH) 6 1-2H 2 O

4.GB.20 Calciouranoite (Ca,Ba,Pb)U 2 O 7 5H 2 O

4.GB.20 Metacalciouranoite (Ca,Ba,Pb,K 2 )U 2 O 7 2H 2 O

4.GB.25 Fourmarierite Pb(UO 2 ) 4 O 3 (OH) 4 4H 2 O

4.GB.30 Wlsendorfite (Pb,Ca)U 2 O 7 2H 2 O

4.GB.35 Masuyite Pb(UO 2 ) 3 O 3 (OH) 2 3H 2 O

4.GB.40 Metavandendriesscheite PbU 7 O 22 nH 2 O n < 12

4.GB.40 Vandendriesscheite PbU 7 O 22 12H 2 O

4.GB.45 Vandenbrandeite Cu(UO 2 )(OH) 4

4.GB.50 Sayrite Pb 2 (UO 2 ) 5 O 6 (OH) 2 4H 2 O

4.GB.55 Curite Pb 3 (UO 2 ) 8 O 8 (OH) 6 3H 2 O

4.GB.60 Iriginite (UO 2 )Mo 2 O 7 3H 2 O

4.GB.65 Uranosphaerite Bi(UO 2 )O 2 (OH)

4.GB.70 Holfertite Ca x U 6+
2-x Ti(O 8-x OH 4x ) 3H 2 O

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Related Minerals 7.16.1 Uraninite UO 2

- Hey's Index
Grouping: 7.16.2 Schoepite (UO 2 ) 8 O 2 (OH) 12 12H 2 O

7.16.3 Paraschoepite UO 3 2H 2 O

7.16.4 Metaschoepite UO 3 1-2H 2 O

7.16.5 Metastudtite UO 4 2H 2 O

7.16.6 Studtite [(UO 2 )(O 2 )(H 2 O) 2 ] H 2 O

4+
7.16.7 Ianthinite U (UO 2 ) 5 O 7 10H 2 O

7.16.8 Compreignacite K 2 (UO 2 ) 6 O 4 (OH) 6 7H 2 O

7.16.9 Vandenbrandeite Cu(UO 2 )(OH) 4

7.16.10 Roubaultite Cu 2 (UO 2 ) 3 (CO 3 ) 2 O 2 (OH) 2 4H 2 O

7.16.11 Becquerelite Ca(UO 2 ) 6 O 4 (OH) 6 8H 2 O

[3] [5] [4]

7.16.12 Rameauite K 2 Ca(H 2 O)(H 2 O) 4 [(UO 2 ) 6 O 6 (OH) 4 ](H 2 O)

7.16.14 Protasite Ba(UO 2 ) 3 O 3 (OH) 2 3H 2 O

7.16.15 Billietite Ba(UO 2 ) 6 O 4 (OH) 6 4-8H 2 O

7.16.16 Bauranoite Ba(UO 2 ) 2 (OH) 6 1-2H 2 O

7.16.17 Metacalciouranoite (Ca,Ba,Pb,K 2 )U 2 O 7 2H 2 O

7.16.18 Calciouranoite (Ca,Ba,Pb)U 2 O 7 5H 2 O

4+ 6+
7.16.19 Orthobrannerite U U Ti 4 O 12 (OH) 2

7.16.20 Thorutite (Th,U,Ca)Ti 2 (O,OH) 6

7.16.21 Davidite-(La) (La,Ce)(Y,U,Fe)(Ti,Fe) 20 (O,OH) 38

7.16.22 Davidite-(Ce) (Ce,La)(Y,U,Fe)(Ti,Fe) 20 (O,OH) 38

4+ 3+
7.16.23 Brannerite (U ,REE,Th,Ca)(Ti,Fe ,Nb) 2 (O,OH) 6

7.16.24 Fourmarierite Pb(UO 2 ) 4 O 3 (OH) 4 4H 2 O

3+
7.16.25 Richetite (Fe ,Mg)Pb 8.6 (UO 2 ) 36 O 36 (OH) 24 41H 2 O

7.16.26 Curite Pb 3 (UO 2 ) 8 O 8 (OH) 6 3H 2 O

7.16.27 Masuyite Pb(UO 2 ) 3 O 3 (OH) 2 3H 2 O

7.16.28 Vandendriesscheite PbU 7 O 22 12H 2 O

7.16.29 Metavandendriesscheite PbU 7 O 22 nH 2 O n < 12

7.16.30 Sayrite Pb 2 (UO 2 ) 5 O 6 (OH) 2 4H 2 O

7.16.31 Wlsendorfite (Pb,Ca)U 2 O 7 2H 2 O

7.16.32 Clarkeite (Na,Ca,Pb)(UO 2 )O(OH) 0-1H 2 O

7.16.33 Uranosphaerite Bi(UO 2 )O 2 (OH)

Other Names for Agrinierite

Synonyms: IMA1971-046

Name in Other German: Agrinierit

Languages:
Italian: Agrinierite

Latvian: Agrinierts

Russian:

Spanish: Agrinierita

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Other Information
Health Risks: No information on health risks for this material has been entered into the database. You should always treat mineral specimens with care.

References for Agrinierite

Reference List: Cesbron, F., Brown, W. L., Bariand, P., Geffroy, J. (1972) Rameauite and Agrinierite, two new hydrated complex uranyl oxides from Margnac, France.
Mineralogical Magazine: 38: 781-789.

Fleischer, M. (1973) New mineral names. American Mineralogist: 58: 805-806.

Anthony, J.W., Bideaux, R.A., Bladh, K.W., Nichols, M.C. (1997) Handbook of Mineralogy, Volume 3: Halides, Hydroxides, Oxides. Mineral Data
Publishing (Tucson, AZ), 6.

Cahill, C.L., Burns, P.C. (2000) The structure of agrinierite, a Sr containing uranyl oxide hydrate mineral. American Mineralogist: 85: 1294-1297.

Burns, P.C. (2005) U6+ minerals and inorganic compounds: insights into an expanded structural hierarchy of crystal structures. The Canadian
Mineralogist: 43: 1839-1894.

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Localities for Agrinierite

This map shows a selection of localities that have latitude and longitude coordinates recorded. Click on the symbol to view information about a locality. The symbol next to localities in
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(TL) indicates type locality for a valid mineral species. (FRL) indicates first recorded locality for everything else. ? indicates mineral may be doubtful at this locality. All other localities listed
without reference should be considered as uncertain and unproven until references can be found.

France (TL)
Nouvelle-Aquitaine
Haute-Vienne
Compreignac
Margnac Mine (TL) Mineralogical Magazine(1972) 38, 781-789

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