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Phosphowalpurgite

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Phosphowalpurgite

Rare Mineral

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Description
Locality: 
Smrkovec, Slavkovský Les Mountain, Mariánské Lázně, Karlovy Vary Region, Czech Republic
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Thumbnail (1-3cm)
Size: 
2.8 × 2.5 × 2.7 cm
Description

Excellent specimen with a well-formed phosphowalpurgite crystal on matrix. Well-formed phosphowalpurgite from the type locality are rarely offered.

Type locality specimen. Phosphowalpurgite is only known from five localities worldwide. Very rare mineral.

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

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Phosphowalpurgite

Formula: 
(BiO)4(UO2)(PO4)2·2H2O
Strunz: 
8.EA.05
Hardness: 
0.0
Type Locality: 
Smrkovec (Schönficht), Slavkovský Les Mtn, Mariánské Lázně (Marienbad), Karlovy Vary Region, Bohemia (Böhmen; Boehmen), Czech Republic

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