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sharpite Min.|ˈʃɑːpaɪt|
[a. F. sharpite (J. Mélon 1938, in Bull. Séances Inst. R. Colonial Belge IX. 333), f. the name of Major R. R. Sharp, who discovered the uranium deposit where it was first found: see -ite1.]
A hydrated carbonate of uranium found as greenish yellow crusts of thin radiating fibres.
1939Mineral. Abstr. VII. 225 Sharpite forms yellowish-green, radially fibrous crusts on curite and becquerelite from Shinkolobwe, Katanga. 1971Ibid. XXII. 92/1 Secondary uranium mineralization occurs among secondary Fe, Cu, and Pb minerals in Kletno; it is represented by nasturan, uranium black, gummite, fourmarierite, and traces of sharpite. |