Where it forms, where it's found
- Type locality
- Jinyinzhai Mine (Chenxian Mine
- Sanerlin Mine
- U deposit No. 320)
- Suxian District
- Chenzhou
- Hunan
- China
Radioactivity
Physical
Optical
- Optical type
- Biaxial (-) · 2V measured = 87° · 2V calc = 86°
- Refractive index
- 1.558 – 1.593
- Surface relief
- Moderate
- Principal indices
- nα 1.558 · nβ 1.576 · nγ 1.593
- Dispersion
- weak
Δ = 0Δmax
PPLpleochroism per grain
XPLindependent extinctions · rotate the stage
PPLpleochroism only · colour blends on rotation
XPLinterference colour · extinct every 90°
Retardation350 nm
Order1st order
XPL colour
Crystallography
- Cell parameters
- a = 7.17 Å · b = 7.17 Å · c = 22.22 Å
- Ratio a:b:c
- 1 : 1.000 : 3.099
- Z
- 1
- Comment
Monoclinic or orthorhombic (?); pseudotetragonal.; Point Group: n.d.; Space Group: n.d
Chemical composition
Synonyms
- Xiangjiangiet
In other languages
- German
- Xiangjiangit
- Italian
- Xiangjiangite
- Chinese
- 湘江铀矿
Classification
Strunz
10th ed.8.EB.05
- 8Phosphates, Arsenates, VanadatesClass
- 8.EUranyl phosphates and arsenatesDivision
- 8.EBUO2:RO4 = 1:1Group
- 8.EB.05XiangjiangiteSpecies
Dana
8th ed.43.05.06.01
- 43Compound Phosphates, Etc.Class
- 43.05Hydrated Compound Phosphates, etc·, Containing Hydroxyl or HalogenType
- 43.05.06— unnamed intermediate level —Group
- 43.05.06.01XiangjiangiteSpecies
CIM
—22.3.31
- 22Phosphates, Arsenates or Vanadates with other AnionsClass
- 22.3Phosphates, arsenates or vanadates with sulphatesGroup
- 22.3.31XiangjiangiteSpecies
Literature, links & citation
Citations
- 1978Hunan 230 Institute and X-ray Laboratory, Wuhan Geologic College (1978): Xiangjiangite - A new uranium mineral discovered in China. Scientia Geologica Sinica 1978(2), 183-188 (in Chinese with English abstract). - American MIneralogist (1979), 64, 466 (abstract).
- 1978Hunan 230 Institute and X-ray Laboratory, Wuhan Geologic College (1978): Xiangjiangite - A new uranium mineral discovered in China. Scientia Geologica Sinica 1978(2), 183-188
- 1993Doklady Akademii Nauk (1993), 329, 792.
- 2005(2005) Xiangjiangite. Handbook of Mineralogy. Mineralogical Society of America
Cite this entry
@misc{mineral2026,
author = {Mineral Index editorial board},
title = {Xiangjiangite — Mineral Index},
year = {2026},
url = {https://mineralindex.org/minerals/xiangjiangite-4334},
note = {Accessed 2026-05-11}
}