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weeksite Min.|ˈwiːksaɪt|
[f. the name of Alice M. D. Weeks (b. 1909), U.S. geologist + -ite1.]
A hydrated silicate and oxide of uranium and potassium, K2(UO2)2(Si2O5)3·4H2O, found as soft, yellow orthorhombic crystals.
1960W. F. Outerbridge et al. in Amer. Mineralogist XLV. 43 Weeksite at the Autunite No. 8 claim occurs as small spherulites of yellow radiating crystals. 1978Mineral. Abstr. XXIX. 232/1 Weeksite..is described for the first time from France in the uranium deposit of Les Bois Noirs. |