Where it forms, where it's found
- Geological setting
Calcareous skarn xenolith in ignimbrite.
- Type locality
- Xenolith no. 7
- Lakargi Mountain
- Upper Chegem volcanic caldera (Verkhnechegemskaya caldera)
- Chegemsky District
- Kabardino-Balkaria
- Russia
12recorded occurrences
Radioactivity
Crystallography
- Space group
- #224
- Cell parameters
- a = 5.3813(2) Å
Crystal structure
Chemical composition
Synonyms
- IMA2009-032
- Vorlaniet
In other languages
- German
- IMA 2009-032 · Vorlanit
- Italian
- vorlanite
Classification
Strunz
10th ed.4.DL.15
- 4OxidesClass
- 4.DMetal: Oxygen = 1:2 and similarDivision
- 4.DLWith large (+- medium-sized) cations; fluorite-type structuresGroup
- 4.DL.15VorlaniteSpecies
Dana
8th ed.05.03.04
- 05Oxides Containing Uranium or ThoriumClass
- 05.03AXO4·xH2OType
- 05.03.04— unnamed intermediate level —Group
- 05.03.04VorlaniteSpecies
Literature, links & citation
Citations
- 2011Galuskin, E. V., Armbruster, T., Galuskina, I. O., Lazic, B., Winiarski, A., Gazeev, V. M., Dzierżanowski, P., Zadov, A. E., Pertsev, N. N., Wrzalik, R., Gurbanov, A. G., Janeczek, J. (2011) Vorlanite (CaU6+)O4—A new mineral from the Upper Chegem caldera, Kabardino-Balkaria, Northern Caucasus, Russia. American Mineralogist, 96 (1) 188-196 doi:10.2138/am.2011.3610 DOI: 10.2138/am.2011.3610
- 2012Galuskin, E. V., Galuskina, I. O., Dubrovinsky, L. S., Janeczek, J. (2012) Thermally induced transformation of vorlanite to "protovorlanite": Restoration of cation ordering in self-irradiated CaUO4. American Mineralogist, 97 (5) 1002-1004 doi:10.2138/am.2012.4092 DOI: 10.2138/am.2012.4092
- 2013Othmane, G., Allard, T., Menguy, N., Morin, G., Esteve, I., Fayek, M., Calas, G. (2013) Evidence for nanocrystals of vorlanite, a rare uranate mineral, in the Nopal I low-temperature uranium deposit (Sierra Pena Blanca, Mexico) American Mineralogist, 98 (2) 518-521 doi:10.2138/am.2013.4295DOI: 10.2138/am.2013.4295
- 2013Galuskin, E. V., Kusz, J., Armbruster, T., Galuskina, I. O., Marzec, K., Vapnik, Y., Murashko, M. (2013) Vorlanite, (CaU6+)O4, from Jabel Harmun, Palestinian Autonomy, Israel. American Mineralogist, 98 (11) 1938-1942 doi:10.2138/am.2013.4548 DOI: 10.2138/am.2013.4548
- 2017(2017) Vorlanite. Handbook of Mineralogy. Mineralogical Society of America
Cite this entry
@misc{mineral2026,
author = {Mineral Index editorial board},
title = {Vorlanite — Mineral Index},
year = {2026},
url = {https://mineralindex.org/minerals/vorlanite-39569},
note = {Accessed 2026-05-11}
}