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Marécottite Plavnoite & Magnesiozippeite

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Marécottite Plavnoite & Magnesiozippeite

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Description
Locality: 
Plavno Mine, Krušné Hory Mountains, Karlovy Vary Region, Czech Republic
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Thumbnail (1-3cm)
Size: 
2.4 × 1.2 × 0.6 cm
Description

You are bidding on a small sample with very nice small groups of yellow marecottite blades, clusters of tiny bright yellow magnesiozippeite platlets and some bundles of bright orange plavnoite fibers. Good specimen of all three rare species!

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Marécottite

Formula: 
Mg3(UO2)8(SO4)4O6(OH)2·28H2O
Strunz: 
7.EC.15
Crystal System: 
Triclinic
Hardness: 
3.0 - 0.0
Streak: 
colorless
Type Locality: 
La Creusa U prospect (La Creusaz U prospect), Les Marécottes, Le Trient Valley, Wallis (Valais), Switzerland

Plavnoite

Formula: 
K0.8Mn0.6[(UO2)2O2(SO4)]·3.5H2O
Group Parent: 
Zippeite Group
Crystal System: 
Monoclinic
Type Locality: 
Plavno mine, Jáchymov District (St Joachimsthal), Krušné Hory Mts (Erzgebirge), Karlovy Vary Region, Bohemia (Böhmen; Boehmen), Czech Republic

Magnesiozippeite

Formula: 
Mg(UO2)2(SO4)O2·3.5H2O
Group Parent: 
Zippeite Group
Strunz: 
7.EC.05
Crystal System: 
Monoclinic
Hardness: 
2.0
Type Locality: 
Lucky Strike No. 2 mine, San Rafael District (San Rafael Swell), Emery Co., Utah, USA

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