Soddyite is a mineral of

uranium Uranium is a chemical element with the symbol U and atomic number 92. It is a silvery-grey metal in the actinide series of the periodic table. A uranium atom has 92 protons and 92 electrons, of which 6 are valence electrons. Uranium is weak ...

. It has yellow crystals and usually mixed with curite in

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uranium ores. It is named after the British radiochemist and physicist Frederick Soddy (1877–1956). Soddyite has been a valid species since 1922, following its discovery in the locality of the Shinkolobwe uranium mine in the

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of the

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(DRC).Mindat information page for Soddyite
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Uranium(VI) minerals Nesosilicates Orthorhombic minerals Minerals in space group 70 {{silicate-mineral-stub