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Bergenite

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Bergenite

Ex. VANDENBERGHE Collection
Rare Mineral

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Description
Locality: 
Streuberg Quarry, Bergen, Zobes-Bergen, Vogtland, Saxony, Germany
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Miniature (4.5-7 cm)
Size: 
5.4 × 2.2 × 2.5 cm
Description

First-class specimen richly decorated with numerous ideally formed intensive yellow bergenite crystals on matrix. The area covered with bergenite measures 2x2 centimetres! Exceptional specimen of large size. Very richly set specimen. High quality for that species.

Specimen from type locality. Bergenite is only known from a few localities worldwide.

From the collection of Luc VANDENBERGHE, longtime mindat member and famous Belgian u-mineral collector. Specimen of a very well kept collection.

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Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Bergenite

Formula: 
Ca2Ba4(UO2)9(PO4)6O6·16H2O
Strunz: 
8.EC.40
Crystal System: 
Monoclinic
Hardness: 
0.0
Colour: 
Yellow
Type Locality: 
Streuberg Quarry, Bergen, Bergen U deposit, Zobes-Bergen District, Vogtland, Saxony, Germany

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