Autunite

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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Autunite \Au"tun*ite\, n. [From Autun, France, its locality.]
     (Min.)
     A lemon-yellow phosphate of uranium and calcium occurring in
     tabular crystals with basal cleavage, and in micalike scales.
     H., 2-2.5. Sp. gr., 3.05-3.19.
     [Webster 1913 Suppl.]