{ "vercy": "1.0-draft", "publication": { "status": "research-draft", "adjudicationStatus": "unreviewed", "publishableCanonical": false, "generatedAt": "2026-09-12T09:52:14Z", "providers": [ "Codex" ], "breadth": "recalled by Codex without web access - no source was read", "missingProviders": [], "pass": 2, "cost": { "grok": { "seconds": 20.6, "error": "Reading additional input from stdin...\nOpenAI Codex v0.153.4\n--------\nworkdir: R:\\02_PROJECTS\\02_Meta_Models_Platforms\\Ver.cy\\current\\thing-registry-backlog\nmodel: gpt-6-astra\nprovider: openai\napproval: never\nsandbox: read-only\nreasoning effort: none\nreasoning summaries: none\nsession id: 01a09506-ca27-7352-8296-0dc14cdb72f4\n--------\nuser\nDescribe what is already known about one registered thing. Answer as JSON only, no prose around it.\n\nThing: fourmarierite\nSense to describe: (none recorded)\nDomain code: PHY.MAT\nAlso known as: (none)\n\n\nContext for this batch of 1001 things:\n# Batch 043: 1001 r", "usd": 0.0, "recall": true }, "codex": { "seconds": 89.4, "error": "Reading additional input from stdin...\nOpenAI Codex v0.153.4\n--------\nworkdir: R:\\02_PROJECTS\\02_Meta_Models_Platforms\\Ver.cy\\current\\thing-registry-backlog\nmodel: gpt-6-astra\nprovider: openai\napproval: never\nsandbox: read-only\nreasoning effort: none\nreasoning summaries: none\nsession id: 01a09506-ca26-7161-9f9a-5f76cedc1c81\n--------\nuser\nYou are drafting a Vercy meta-model for one registered thing. Answer as JSON only, no prose around it.\n\nThing: fourmarierite\nRegistry id: vr.tr.fourmarierite\nPlane / domain: PHY / PHY.MAT\nRegistry definition: (none recorded)\nNames folded into this entry: (none" } }, "enrichment": { "pass": 3, "engine": "claude", "producedAt": "2026-10-06T12:00:00Z", "ingestedAt": "2026-10-06T08:51:27+00:00", "fields": [ "agent_conduct", "ethics", "failure_modes_and_hazards", "owners", "standards_and_regulation", "visual_identification" ] }, "gate": { "passed": true, "version": "1.0", "at": "2026-10-07T10:10:30+00:00", "evidence": [ "completeness 1.00", "sense: Wikidata description", "2 live sources", "review by codex: pass" ] } }, "metaModel": { "id": "THING-Q3749147", "registryId": "vr.tr.fourmarierite", "name": "fourmarierite", "version": "0.1.0-research.1", "entryKind": "thing", "family": "Thing Registry", "domain": [ "PHY.MAT" ], "status": "research-draft" }, "canonicalUrl": "https://ver.cy/models/thing/q3749147/", "model": { "registry_id": "vr.tr.fourmarierite", "name": "fourmarierite", "purpose": "Enable an agent to identify fourmarierite, assess the condition and evidence for a specimen, and decide which analytical, conservation or handling actions are justified.", "definition": "Fourmarierite is a secondary, orthorhombic lead uranyl oxide hydroxide hydrate mineral with ideal formula Pb(UO2)4O3(OH)4·4H2O, formed during alteration of uranium minerals.", "scope_statement": "This model owns the mineral-species identity of fourmarierite (vr.tr.fourmarierite, PHY / PHY.MAT) and the specimen-level evidence needed to distinguish its mineral phase, composition, alteration state and handling constraints.", "in_scope": [ "Species identity as a hydrated lead uranyl oxide-hydroxide", "Crystallographic and chemical identification of individual mineral domains", "Fourmarierite abundance and intergrowths within a specimen", "Hydration, surface alteration and physical integrity", "Geological provenance and relationships to associated uranium minerals", "Specimen-specific radiological assessment and analytical suitability" ], "out_of_scope": [ "The host rock or uranium deposit as a whole", "Uraninite and other associated mineral species", "Uranium extraction, refining and nuclear fuel production", "Commercial uranium or lead compounds and their product grades", "Collection ownership, trading and transport operations beyond linked requirements" ], "distinguishing_features": [ "Test chemistry against the ideal formula Pb(UO2)4O3(OH)4·4H2O, including an ideal atomic Pb:U ratio of 1:4; elemental agreement alone does not establish species identity. Reference: [Piret, 1985](https://www.persee.fr/doc/bulmi_0180-9210_1985_num_108_5_7882).", "Require diffraction compatible with the reported orthorhombic structure, using the Bb21m setting explicitly when comparing crystallographic records. Reference: [Piret, 1985](https://www.persee.fr/doc/bulmi_0180-9210_1985_num_108_5_7882).", "Use red-orange to brown coloration and flattened, sometimes pseudohexagonal crystals as screening observations, not conclusive identification. Reference: [Handbook of Mineralogy](https://www.handbookofmineralogy.org/pdfs/fourmarierite.pdf).", "Distinguish candidate grains from accompanying curite, vandendriesscheite, becquerelite and schoepite through chemistry and diffraction on the same domain.", "Require evidence for a discrete fourmarierite phase before replacing a broad alteration-material label such as gummite with this species name." ], "characteristics": [ { "name": "Mineral identification status", "kind": "state", "unit_or_values": "candidate | analytically supported | disputed | rejected", "why_it_matters": "Prevents locality labels or appearance from becoming unqualified species identifications." }, { "name": "Lead-to-uranium atomic ratio", "kind": "measurement", "unit_or_values": "dimensionless atomic ratio; ideal reference 0.25; report uncertainty", "why_it_matters": "Tests consistency with the ideal composition while exposing mixed analyses or possible compositional variation." }, { "name": "Diffraction identification", "kind": "relation", "unit_or_values": "Measured pattern linked to a cited fourmarierite reference, acquisition conditions and fit assessment", "why_it_matters": "Connects identification to reproducible structural evidence." }, { "name": "Fourmarierite phase fraction", "kind": "measurement", "unit_or_values": "mass % or volume %, with method, sampling basis and uncertainty", "why_it_matters": "Separates a nearly single-phase analytical sample from a mineral coating on mixed matrix." }, { "name": "Water and hydroxyl evidence", "kind": "state", "unit_or_values": "reference-assumed | analytically constrained | changed during analysis | unresolved", "why_it_matters": "Distinguishes nominal formula information from evidence about the actual specimen." }, { "name": "Surface and aggregate integrity", "kind": "state", "unit_or_values": "intact | fractured | friable | shedding | visibly altered", "why_it_matters": "Controls sampling feasibility and whether manipulations could detach mineral particles." }, { "name": "Radiological survey result", "kind": "measurement", "unit_or_values": "Instrument-appropriate units, with background, geometry, distance, calibration and date", "why_it_matters": "Makes handling decisions depend on measured specimen conditions rather than the mineral name alone." }, { "name": "Parent and associated phases", "kind": "relation", "unit_or_values": "Linked mineral domains with observed contact or replacement relationships", "why_it_matters": "Supports interpretation of alteration and identifies contributions from neighbouring phases." } ], "affordances": [ "Assess a fourmarierite identification against paired chemical and diffraction evidence.", "Select and document a mineral domain for confirmatory analysis.", "Separate specimen-wide measurements from measurements attributable to fourmarierite.", "Track changes in mineral surfaces and analytical signatures during storage or examination.", "Determine whether proposed sampling or manipulation has sufficient condition and radiological evidence.", "Link a confirmed occurrence to its specimen, locality and observed alteration relationships." ], "agent_conduct": { "may": [ "Describe fourmarierite and its formation from mineralogical sources.", "Record a specimen's dose rate and storage location for its holder." ], "must_not": [ "Advise displaying it unshielded in homes or classrooms.", "Advise handling it without gloves and hand washing, given its lead and uranium content.", "Help ship or sell it without disclosing its radioactivity." ], "requires_human": [ "Disposal or cross-border transfer of the specimen." ] }, "ethics": { "considerations": [ "It combines radiation with lead toxicity, a double hazard to holders.", "Children are especially vulnerable to both." ], "affected_parties": [ "Collectors and households", "Children", "Transport workers" ] }, "owners": { "steward": "The person or collection that holds a specimen; radiation protection authorities regulate it.", "master_systems": [] }, "visual_identification": [ "Red to orange tabular crystals or crusts on altered uranium ore.", "Strongly radioactive; confirmed by analysis rather than colour." ], "failure_modes_and_hazards": [ "Emits ionizing radiation and releases radon.", "Contains lead that is toxic if swallowed." ], "standards_and_regulation": [ "IAEA Safety Standards SSR-6, Regulations for the Safe Transport of Radioactive Material, International Atomic Energy Agency." ], "what_it_is_for": [ "Fourmarierite occurs in altered uranium mineral deposits and may be encountered in geological samples, research collections and museum specimens.", "Its identification helps document secondary uranium mineral assemblages and interpret mineral alteration.", "Specimen assessment supports decisions about analysis, conservation and controls appropriate to uranium-bearing material." ] }, "sources": [ { "id": "wikidata", "title": "Wikidata item Q3749147: fourmarierite", "url": "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3749147", "url_status": "live", "what_it_supports": "identity and sense of the item", "checked_by": "wikidata-api" }, { "id": "wikipedia-en", "title": "Wikipedia: Fourmarierite", "url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fourmarierite", "url_status": "live", "what_it_supports": "general description of the item", "checked_by": "wikidata-api sitelink" } ], "structure": { "bundles": [ { "id": "species-and-composition", "name": "Species and composition", "description": "Resolve what qualifies as fourmarierite and how specimen chemistry supports that assignment.", "rationale": "A lead-and-uranium signal can arise from several phases or a mixed analytical volume.", "layers": [ { "id": "species-reference", "name": "Species reference", "description": "Anchor the registry concept to an explicit mineralogical definition.", "findings": [ { "id": "formula-and-name-authority", "name": "Formula and name authority", "description": "Record the authoritative species reference and distinguish its formula from a specimen analysis.", "questions": [ { "text": "Which mineralogical authority and version establish the name and accepted formula for fourmarierite?", "kind": "definition", "id": "formula-and-name-authority-q01" }, { "text": "Does the cited formula describe an ideal endmember or an accepted range of compositions?", "kind": "boundary", "id": "formula-and-name-authority-q02" } ] } ] }, { "id": "domain-chemistry", "name": "Domain chemistry", "description": "Evaluate lead, uranium and additional constituents in the proposed fourmarierite domain.", "findings": [ { "id": "composition-and-mixing", "name": "Composition and mixing", "description": "Test whether apparent deviations belong to the mineral or to inclusions, matrix and analytical limitations.", "questions": [ { "text": "What Pb:U atomic ratio and additional elements were measured, with what uncertainty?", "kind": "measurement", "id": "composition-and-mixing-q01" }, { "text": "Was the analytical volume confined to the same domain identified by diffraction?", "kind": "provenance", "id": "composition-and-mixing-q02" }, { "text": "What evidence separates intrinsic compositional variation from unresolved intergrowths?", "kind": "boundary", "id": "composition-and-mixing-q03" } ] } ] } ] }, { "id": "structural-identification", "name": "Structural identification", "description": "Establish fourmarierite identity through crystallography and supporting observations.", "rationale": "Similar-looking uranium alteration minerals require evidence more discriminating than colour or radioactivity.", "layers": [ { "id": "diffraction-match", "name": "Diffraction match", "description": "Compare the measured phase with traceable fourmarierite structural references.", "findings": [ { "id": "pattern-and-cell-consistency", "name": "Pattern and cell consistency", "description": "Assess the full available diffraction evidence while accounting for mixtures and crystallographic settings.", "questions": [ { "text": "Which reflections and refined cell parameters support fourmarierite, and which remain unexplained?", "kind": "measurement", "id": "pattern-and-cell-consistency-q01" }, { "text": "Which reference structure, axis setting and measurement conditions were used for comparison?", "kind": "provenance", "id": "pattern-and-cell-consistency-q02" }, { "text": "Could another lead uranyl phase or a multiphase mixture explain the pattern equally well?", "kind": "boundary", "id": "pattern-and-cell-consistency-q03" } ] } ] }, { "id": "supporting-observations", "name": "Supporting observations", "description": "Use morphology and optical or spectroscopic observations to corroborate a phase assignment.", "findings": [ { "id": "same-grain-corroboration", "name": "Same-grain corroboration", "description": "Keep visual screening and auxiliary measurements tied to the grain actually analysed.", "questions": [ { "text": "What crystal habit, colour and optical observations were recorded for the identified grain?", "kind": "measurement", "id": "same-grain-corroboration-q01" }, { "text": "Do available spectra have a validated fourmarierite reference and exclude signals from neighbouring grains?", "kind": "boundary", "id": "same-grain-corroboration-q02" } ] } ] } ] }, { "id": "occurrence-and-phase-associations", "name": "Occurrence and phase associations", "description": "Locate fourmarierite within its specimen and geological alteration context.", "rationale": "A specimen label and a bulk uranium signal cannot establish which component is fourmarierite.", "layers": [ { "id": "specimen-occurrence", "name": "Specimen occurrence", "description": "Tie the identified mineral domain to a traceable specimen and sampling location.", "findings": [ { "id": "locality-and-domain-traceability", "name": "Locality and domain traceability", "description": "Preserve the connection between locality claims, specimen records and analytical subsamples.", "questions": [ { "text": "Which specimen record supports the stated locality, and how reliable is that attribution?", "kind": "provenance", "id": "locality-and-domain-traceability-q01" }, { "text": "Where does the analysed fourmarierite domain occur in the specimen, and how much of the specimen does it represent?", "kind": "measurement", "id": "locality-and-domain-traceability-q02" } ] } ] }, { "id": "alteration-relationships", "name": "Alteration relationships", "description": "Separate observed contacts and replacement textures from inferred mineral succession.", "findings": [ { "id": "parent-and-neighbouring-minerals", "name": "Parent and neighbouring minerals", "description": "Record phase-resolved evidence for the mineral's geological setting.", "questions": [ { "text": "Which associated phases are analytically identified at contacts with fourmarierite?", "kind": "measurement", "id": "parent-and-neighbouring-minerals-q01" }, { "text": "What texture supports replacement of a parent phase rather than simple coexistence?", "kind": "boundary", "id": "parent-and-neighbouring-minerals-q02" }, { "text": "Does a historical gummite label describe the entire mixture or a specifically identified fourmarierite component?", "kind": "definition", "id": "parent-and-neighbouring-minerals-q03" } ] } ] } ] }, { "id": "hydration-and-specimen-condition", "name": "Hydration and specimen condition", "description": "Track whether storage and examination preserve the mineral domain being modelled.", "rationale": "The identity of a hydrated mineral and the integrity of a fragile aggregate need specimen-specific evidence.", "layers": [ { "id": "hydration-evidence", "name": "Hydration evidence", "description": "Distinguish reference water content from measured hydration and possible analytical changes.", "findings": [ { "id": "water-assignment-and-change", "name": "Water assignment and change", "description": "Record what constrains water and hydroxyl assignments without presuming unmeasured stability limits.", "questions": [ { "text": "Is water content measured directly, inferred from a structural model or assumed from the ideal formula?", "kind": "measurement", "id": "water-assignment-and-change-q01" }, { "text": "Do before-and-after observations show a change following heating, vacuum exposure or irradiation by an analytical beam?", "kind": "measurement", "id": "water-assignment-and-change-q02" } ] } ] }, { "id": "physical-preservation", "name": "Physical preservation", "description": "Assess the condition of crystals, coatings and aggregates before intervention.", "findings": [ { "id": "integrity-and-intervention", "name": "Integrity and intervention", "description": "Link visible damage and prior treatments to the suitability of further analysis.", "questions": [ { "text": "Are the fourmarierite-bearing surfaces intact, fractured, shedding or coated with a treatment material?", "kind": "measurement", "id": "integrity-and-intervention-q01" }, { "text": "What cleaning, mounting or storage history could have changed the surfaces now being examined?", "kind": "provenance", "id": "integrity-and-intervention-q02" }, { "text": "Which proposed examination can answer the identification question while preserving the required mineral domain?", "kind": "action", "id": "integrity-and-intervention-q03" } ] } ] } ] }, { "id": "radiological-and-analytical-decisions", "name": "Radiological and analytical decisions", "description": "Connect specimen measurements and intended manipulations to handling decisions.", "rationale": "Fourmarierite-bearing specimens require assessment of both uranium-bearing material and any associated phases before intervention.", "layers": [ { "id": "specimen-survey", "name": "Specimen survey", "description": "Capture radiological observations at the scale and geometry relevant to the proposed task.", "findings": [ { "id": "radiation-and-contamination-evidence", "name": "Radiation and contamination evidence", "description": "Keep external radiation measurements separate from evidence of transferable material.", "questions": [ { "text": "What radiation survey was performed, using which instrument, background, geometry and calibration?", "kind": "measurement", "id": "radiation-and-contamination-evidence-q01" }, { "text": "What assessment establishes whether particles or surface contamination can transfer during the intended manipulation?", "kind": "measurement", "id": "radiation-and-contamination-evidence-q02" }, { "text": "Can the measured response be attributed to fourmarierite, or does associated material contribute materially?", "kind": "boundary", "id": "radiation-and-contamination-evidence-q03" } ] } ] }, { "id": "permitted-manipulation", "name": "Permitted manipulation", "description": "Resolve whether the evidence and applicable procedures support a specific analytical action.", "findings": [ { "id": "sampling-and-control-decision", "name": "Sampling and control decision", "description": "Tie decisions about mounting, sampling or destructive analysis to the actual specimen and facility.", "questions": [ { "text": "Does the proposed action detach, disperse, heat or dissolve fourmarierite-bearing material?", "kind": "action", "id": "sampling-and-control-decision-q01" }, { "text": "Which facility procedures and jurisdiction-specific requirements apply to this specimen and action?", "kind": "boundary", "id": "sampling-and-control-decision-q02" }, { "text": "What assessment or authorization remains necessary before the proposed manipulation can proceed?", "kind": "action", "id": "sampling-and-control-decision-q03" } ] } ] } ] }, { "id": "evidence-and-external-alignment", "name": "Evidence and external alignment", "description": "What the world already says about this thing, gathered so the model can be checked against it.", "rationale": "A model that cannot be lined up against existing standards, identifiers and practice cannot be adopted by anyone who already uses them.", "layers": [ { "id": "reported-evidence", "name": "Reported evidence", "description": "Findings from the breadth pass, kept separate from the structural claims.", "findings": [ { "id": "evidence-confidence-notes", "name": "Check these first", "description": "Recalled without web access and unsourced; every item is a lead to verify.", "evidence": [ "This is recalled knowledge, without consulted sources.", "Verify the ideal formula, crystallographic details and physical-property ranges against an authoritative mineral reference.", "Radiological handling requirements depend on specimen activity, quantity and jurisdiction; no specific regulatory classification is asserted." ], "questions": [ { "id": "evidence-confidence-notes-q01", "text": "Which of these check these first hold for the sense of fourmarierite this model covers, and on what evidence?", "kind": "provenance" } ] }, { "id": "evidence-identifiers", "name": "Identifiers and schemes", "description": "Recalled without web access and unsourced; every item is a lead to verify.", "evidence": [ { "scheme": "Mineral species name", "value_or_pattern": "fourmarierite", "note": "Names a mineral species, rather than a commercial grade or formulated product." } ], "questions": [ { "id": "evidence-identifiers-q01", "text": "Which of these identifiers and schemes hold for the sense of fourmarierite this model covers, and on what evidence?", "kind": "provenance" } ] }, { "id": "evidence-real-world-use", "name": "Real-world use", "description": "Recalled without web access and unsourced; every item is a lead to verify.", "evidence": [ "Mineralogical collections and identification studies.", "Research into uranium mineral alteration and the retention of uranium in secondary minerals." ], "questions": [ { "id": "evidence-real-world-use-q01", "text": "Which of these real-world use hold for the sense of fourmarierite this model covers, and on what evidence?", "kind": "provenance" } ] }, { "id": "evidence-failure-modes-and-hazards", "name": "Failure modes and hazards", "description": "Recalled without web access and unsourced; every item is a lead to verify.", "evidence": [ "Radioactive because uranium is an essential constituent.", "Dust or ingestion can create internal exposure to uranium and lead.", "Cutting, grinding or crushing can disperse radioactive, metal-bearing particles." ], "questions": [ { "id": "evidence-failure-modes-and-hazards-q01", "text": "Which of these failure modes and hazards hold for the sense of fourmarierite this model covers, and on what evidence?", "kind": "provenance" } ] }, { "id": "evidence-neighbours", "name": "Neighbouring kinds and how to tell them apart", "description": "Recalled without web access and unsourced; every item is a lead to verify.", "evidence": [ { "name": "schoepite", "difference": "Schoepite is a uranyl oxide hydroxide hydrate without essential lead; fourmarierite contains essential lead." }, { "name": "curite", "difference": "Curite is another lead uranyl oxide hydroxide hydrate, but has different stoichiometry and crystal structure; chemical analysis and diffraction distinguish them." }, { "name": "uraninite", "difference": "Uraninite is predominantly a uranium dioxide mineral; fourmarierite is a hydrated, oxidized uranium(VI) mineral that can develop during its alteration." } ], "questions": [ { "id": "evidence-neighbours-q01", "text": "Which of these neighbouring kinds and how to tell them apart hold for the sense of fourmarierite this model covers, and on what evidence?", "kind": "provenance" } ] } ] } ] } ] }, "openQuestions": [ "What current authoritative treatment defines permitted lead deficiency, substitutions and formula variation within fourmarierite?", "Which validated diffraction and spectroscopic criteria best separate fourmarierite from closely intergrown lead uranyl alteration phases?", "What experimentally established humidity, temperature, vacuum and beam-exposure limits preserve fourmarierite without transformation?", "Which species-specific chemical identifiers or hazard records exist, and do they apply to natural mixed specimens rather than nominal pure compounds?", "What specimen-specific measurements are required to resolve radionuclide contributions, transferable contamination and applicable handling requirements?" ], "statistics": { "bundles": 6, "layers": 11, "findings": 15, "questions": 31 } }