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Help on Chemical Formula: Chemical Formula: Pb(UO2)2V2O8•5(H2O)
Help on Composition: Composition: Molecular Weight = 1,067.21 gm
   Uranium   44.61 %  U    50.60 % UO2
   Vanadium   9.55 %  V    17.04 % V2O5
   Hydrogen   0.94 %  H     8.44 % H2O
   Lead      19.42 %  Pb   20.91 % PbO
   Oxygen    25.49 %  O
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            100.00 %       97.00 % = TOTAL OXIDE
Help on Empirical Formula: Empirical Formula: Pb(UO2)2V5+2O8•5(H2O)
Help on Environment: Environment: Oxidized zone of a Pb-bearing U�V deposit.
Help on IMA Status: IMA Status: Approved IMA 1968
Help on Locality: Locality: Mounana uranium mine, Franceville, Gabon. Link to MinDat.org Location Data.
Help on Name Origin: Name Origin: Named for Hubert Curien (1924- ), French mineralogist and crystallographer, Laboratory of Mineralogy and Crystallography, University of Pierre and Marie Curie (Sorbonne), Paris, Fra nce.
Help on Name Pronunciation: Name Pronunciation: Curienite + Pronunciation Say CURIENITE
Help on Synonym: Synonym: ICSD 23515
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