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Soddyite from
Ruggles Mine, Grafton, Grafton County, New Hampshire, USA


Locality type:Mine
Classification
Species:Soddyite
Formula:(UO2)2SiO4 · 2H2O
Comments:"[Soddyite] occurs abundantly at the Ruggles pegmatite..., as complete pseudomorphs after uraninite. These are yellow to straw-yellow in color, with a dense to almost pulverulent consistency, and are composed of minute shreds and fibers of soddyite admixed with small amounts of uranophane."
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Associated Minerals Based on Photo Data:
Uraninite6
Parauranophane6
Phosphuranylite5
Vandendriesscheite5
Zircon4
Microcline4
Albite2
Gummite1
Quartz1
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Soddyite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Ruggles Mine, Grafton, Grafton County, New Hampshire, USA
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:29566
Long-form Identifier:1:3:29566:2
GUID (UUID V4):0
References
Korzeb, Stanley L.
Frondel, Clifford (1956) Mineral composition of gummite. American Mineralogist, 41 (7-8) 539-568
Korzeb, Stanley L., Foord, Eugene E., Lichte, Frederick E. (1997) The chemical evolution and paragenesis of uranium minerals from the Ruggles and Palermo granitic pegmatites, New Hampshire. The Canadian Mineralogist: 35(1): 135-144.
Smith, Arthur E. (2005) New Hampshire mineral locality index. Rocks & Minerals, 80 (4) 242-261 doi:10.3200/rmin.80.4.242-261
 
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