Where it forms, where it's found
- Type locality
- Shinkolobwe Mine
- Shinkolobwe
- Kambove Territory
- Haut-Katanga
- DR Congo
-11.0486°, 26.5508°
24recorded occurrences
Radioactivity
Crystallography
- Space group
- #63
- Cell parameters
- a = 13.98 Å · b = 16.7 Å · c = 14.67 Å
- Ratio a:b:c
- 1 : 1.195 : 1.049
Crystal structure
Chemical composition
Synonyms
- Metaschoepiet
In other languages
- German
- Metaschoepit
- Italian
- Metaschoepite
Classification
Strunz
10th ed.4.GA.05
- 4OxidesClass
- 4.GUranyl HydroxidesDivision
- 4.GAWithout additional cationsGroup
- 4.GA.05MetaschoepiteSpecies
Dana
8th ed.05.02.01.01
- 05Oxides Containing Uranium or ThoriumClass
- 05.02AXO3·xH2OType
- 05.02.01Schoepite GroupGroup
- 05.02.01.01MetaschoepiteSpecies
CIM
—7.16.4
- 7Oxides and HydroxidesClass
- 7.16Oxides of UGroup
- 7.16.4MetaschoepiteSpecies
Group, growth & confusion
Literature, links & citation
Citations
- 1960Christ, C. L., Clark, J. R. (1960) Crystal chemical studies of some uranyl oxide hydrates. American Mineralogist, 45 (9-10) 1026-1061
- 1965Christ, C. L. (1965) Phase transformations and crystal chemistry of schoepite. American Mineralogist, 50 (1-2) 235-239
- 1997Finch, Robert J., Hawthorne, Frank C., Miller, M. L., Ewing, R. C. (1997) Distinguishing among schoepite, [(UO2)8O2(OH)12](H2O)12, and related minerals by X-ray powder diffraction. Powder Diffraction, 12 (4) 230-238 doi:10.1017/s0885715600009799DOI: 10.1017/s0885715600009799
- 1998Finch, R.J., Hawthorne, F.C. and Ewing, R.C. (1998): Structural relations among schoepite, metaschoepite and "dehydrated schoepite". Canadian Mineralogist 36, 831-845.
- 1999Sowder, A. G., Clark, S. B., Fjeld, R. A. (1999) The Transformation of Uranyl Oxide Hydrates: The Effect of Dehydration on Synthetic Metaschoepite and Its Alteration to Becquerelite. Environmental Science & Technology, 33 (20). 3552-3557 doi:10.1021/es9901516DOI: 10.1021/es9901516
Cite this entry
@misc{mineral2026,
author = {Mineral Index editorial board},
title = {Metaschoepite — Mineral Index},
year = {2026},
url = {https://mineralindex.org/minerals/metaschoepite-2684},
note = {Accessed 2026-05-11}
}