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Uranophane

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Uranophane

Radioactive

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Description
Locality: 
Menzenschwand, St Blasien, Baden-Württemberg, Germany
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Small miniature (3-4.5 cm)
Size: 
3.4 × 2.4 × 2 cm
Weight: 
14.00gr
Description

A specimen from the Menzenschwand uranium deposit where groups of yellow fibrous and acicular crystals can be seen on a matrix of uranophan, a highly radioactive silicate from the 60s.

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Uranophane

Formula: 
Ca(UO2)2[HSiO4]2·5H2O
Strunz: 
9.AK.15
Crystal System: 
Monoclinic
Hardness: 
2.0 - 3.0
Type Locality: 
Miedzianka (Kupferberg), Jelenia Góra District, Rudawy Janowickie Mts, Lower Silesia (Dolnośląskie), Poland

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