associated with the primary minerals gadolinite, allanite and fergusonite, and the secondary minerals cyrtolite, yttrialite, gummite, and
Secondary uraninite is found at Johanngeorgenstadt, Marienberg and Schneeberg in Saxony, at Joachimsthal and Pribam in Bohemia, at Cornwall in England, and at Black Hawk, Colorado, and in the Black Hills, South Dakota, in the United States. The exact geological period of most of these secondary occurrences is somewhat uncertain, but they are undoubtedly very much later than the primary occurrences mentioned above.
As a matter of general interest the analysis of a typical primary uraninite (No. 1) and of a typical secondary uraninite (No. 2) is given below1:
| No. 1 Glastonbury, Conn. | No. 2 Johanngeorgenstadt, Saxony | |
|---|---|---|
| Sp. Gr. | 9·59 | 6·89 |
| UO 3 | 26·48 | 60·05 |
| UO 2 | 57·43 | 22·33 |
| ThO 2 | 9·79 | ... |
| CeO 2 | 0·25 | ... |
| La 2 O 3 | 0·13 | ... |
| Y 2 O 3 | 0·20 | ... |
| PbO | 3·26 | 6·39 |
| CaO | 0·08 | 1·00 |
| He | und. | und. |
| H 2 O | 0·61 | 3·17 |
| Fe 2 O 3 | 0·40 | 0·21 |
| SiO 2 | 0·25 | 0·50 |
| Al 2 O 3 | ... | 0·20 |
| Bi 2 O 3 | ... | 0·75 |
| CuO | ... | 0·17 |
| MnO | ... | 0·09 |
| MgO | ... | 0·17 |
| Na 2 O | ... | 0·31 |
| P 2 O 5 | ... | 0·06 |
| SO 3 | ... | 0·19 |
| As 2 O 3 | ... | 2·34 |
| Insoluble | 0·70 | ... |