Tags: Chemical Substance, Mineral.
Schröckingerite is a radioactive yellow uranium-containing carbonate mineral hydrated sodium calcium uranyl sulfate carbonate fluoride. Schröckingerite crystallizes in the orthorhombic system occurring as globular clusters and fluoresces yellow-green under ultraviolet light.Schröckingerite was first described in 1783 from an occurrence in Jáchymov Bohemia Czech Republic and named for its discoverer Julius Freiherr Schrockinger von Neudenberg (1814–1882).
