Liandratite 
U+6Nb2O8 [CNMNC approved formula]
Named for Georges Liandrat and his wife, of Samoens, France, who had prospected extensively in Madagascar.
IMA status : | Approved Species 1978 () |
CLASSIFICATION | |
Dana (8th edition) : |
08.01.09.01 |
(08) Multiple Oxides with Nb, Ta, and Ti | |
(08.01) where A BO4 | |
(08.01.09) | |
Nickel-Strunz (10th edition) : |
04.DH.35 |
(04) Oxides and Hydroxides | |
(04.D) Metal:Oxygen = 1:2 and similar | |
(04.DH) With large (+- medium-sized) cations; sheets of edge-sharing octahedra | |
Crystal system: | Trigonal System |
Point group (H-M): | 3m (or 3 2/m) — hexagonal-scalenohedral |
Other Properties: | Radioactive. |