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Sayrite
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<p>Sayrite (Pb2(UO2)5O6(OH)24(H2O)) is an alteration product of <a href="/facts/Uraninite/EsEwMErJ">uraninite</a> named after the X-ray <a href="/facts/Crystallography/9B5toeqG">crystallographer</a> <a href="/facts/David_Sayre/3bDXN6wr">David Sayre</a>. Sayrite contains <a href="/facts/Hydrogen/BoYHjl0J">hydrogen</a>, <a href="/facts/Oxygen/acyn6o8r">oxygen</a>, <a href="/facts/Uranium/n2sGWBzU">uranium</a> and <a href="/facts/Lead/EYljasJN">lead</a>. It is mined at <a href="/facts/Shinkolobwe/NgHLrc9j">Shinkolobwe Mine</a>, (Kasolo Mine), Kambove District, <a href="/facts/Haut-Katanga_Province/BT5LYz8X">Haut-Katanga</a>, <a href="/facts/Democratic_Republic_of_the_Congo/E2KmHDdv">Democratic Republic of the Congo</a>. It is usually orange in color but also can be reddish and yellowish and is in the <a href="/facts/Monoclinic_crystal_system/5PCwXvzX">monoclinic crystal system</a>. </p>