Where it forms, where it's found
- Type locality
- White King Mine
- Lakeview
- Lake County
- Oregon
- USA
42.3328°, -120.5208°
20recorded occurrences
Radioactivity
Physical
- Hardness
- 1Talc
- 2Gypsum
- 3Calcite
- 4Fluorite
- 5Apatite
- 6Orthoclase
- 7Quartz
- 8Topaz
- 9Corundum
- 10Diamond
Optical
- Optical type
- Uniaxial (-)
- Refractive index
- 1.573 – 1.605
- Surface relief
- Moderate
- Principal indices
- nω 1.605 · nε 1.573
Δ = 0Δmax
PPLpleochroism per grain
XPLindependent extinctions · rotate the stage
PPLpleochroism only · colour blends on rotation
XPLinterference colour · extinct every 90°
Retardation320 nm
Order1st order
XPL colour
Crystallography
- Space group
- P2/c
- Cell parameters
- a = 7.1548(11) Å · b = 7.1340(11) Å · c = 21.290(3)(21) Å
- Cell angles
- β = 104.171(5) °
- Unit cell volume
- 1053.6 ų
- Z
- 2
- Comment
Data for synthetic material. Pseudotetragonal lattice.
Crystal structure
Chemical composition
Synonyms
- Arsenouranocircit
- Arsenouranocircita
- Arsenouranocircite
- Arsenuranocircit
- Arsenuranocircita
- Arsenuranocircite
- Heinrichiet
- Uranosandbergit
- Uranosandbergita
- Uranosandbergite
In other languages
- French
- Heinrichite
- German
- Arsenouranocircit · Heinrichit · Uranosandbergit
- Spanish
- Heinrichita
- Italian
- Heinrichite
- Chinese
- 钡砷铀云母
Classification
Strunz
10th ed.8.EB.05
- 8Phosphates, Arsenates, VanadatesClass
- 8.EUranyl phosphates and arsenatesDivision
- 8.EBUO2:RO4 = 1:1Group
- 8.EB.05HeinrichiteSpecies
Dana
8th ed.40.2a.04.01
- 40Hydrated Normal Phosphates, Arsenates and VanadatesClass
- 40.2aAB2(XO4)2·xH2O, containing (UO2)2+Type
- 40.2a.04— unnamed intermediate level —Group
- 40.2a.04.01HeinrichiteSpecies
CIM
—20.7.12
- 20Arsenates (also arsenates with phosphate, but without other anions)Class
- 20.7Arsenates of UGroup
- 20.7.12HeinrichiteSpecies
Group, growth & confusion
AutuniteCa(UO2)2(PO4)2 · 10-12H2OMineral—
BassetiteFe2+(UO2)2(PO4)2(H2O)10Mineral—
HydronováčekiteMg(UO2)2(AsO4)2 · 12H2OMineral—- KahleriteFe2+(UO2)2(AsO4)2 · 12H2OMineral—
- NováčekiteMg(UO2)2(AsO4)2 · 10H2OMineral—
- RauchiteNi(UO2)2(AsO4)2 · 10H2OMineral—
SabugaliteHAl(UO2)4(PO4)4 · 16H2OMineral—
SaléeiteMg(UO2)2(PO4)2(H2O)10Mineral—
TorberniteCu(UO2)2(PO4)2 · 12H2OMineral—
UranocirciteBa(UO2)2(PO4)2 · 10H2OMineral—
Literature, links & citation
Citations
- 1958Gross, E. B., Corey, A. S., Mitchell, R. S., Walenta, K. (1958) Heinrichite and metaheinrichite, hydrated barium uranyl arsenate minerals. American Mineralogist, 43 (11-12) 1134-1143
- 1965Walenta, Kurt (1965) Beiträge zur Kenntnis seltener Arsenatmineralien unter besonderer Berücksichtigung von Vorkommen des Schwarzwaldes. 2. Folge [Rare arsenate minerals with special consideration of occurrences in the Black Forest. Part II]. Mineralogy and Petrology, 9 (3). 252-282 doi:10.1007/bf01128088DOI: 10.1007/bf01128088
- 2005Locock, A. J., Burns, P. C., Flynn, T. M. (2005) Structures of strontium- and barium-dominant compounds that contain the autunite-type sheet. The Canadian Mineralogist, 43 (2) 721-733 doi:10.2113/gscanmin.43.2.721 DOI: 10.2113/gscanmin.43.2.721
- 2005Frost, Ray L., Carmody, Onuma, Erickson, Kristy L., Weier, Matt L. (2005) Near-infrared spectroscopy to uranyl arsenates of the autunite and metaautunite group. Spectrochimica Acta Part A: Molecular and Biomolecular Spectroscopy, 61 (8) 1923-1927 doi:10.1016/j.saa.2004.07.023DOI: 10.1016/j.saa.2004.07.023
- 2016Anthony, John W., Bideaux, Richard A., Bladh, Kenneth W., Nichols, Monte C. - Eds. (2016) Handbook of Mineralogy. https://www.handbookofmineralogy.org/
Cite this entry
@misc{mineral2026,
author = {Mineral Index editorial board},
title = {Heinrichite — Mineral Index},
year = {2026},
url = {https://mineralindex.org/minerals/heinrichite-1848},
note = {Accessed 2026-05-11}
}