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Meta-ankoleite

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Meta-ankoleite

Ted Bartels collection
Rare Mineral

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Description
Locality: 
Sterling Hill, Ogdensburg, Sussex County, New Jersey, United States of America
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Thumbnail (1-3cm)
Size: 
2.2 × 2 × 2.4 cm
Description

You are bidding on a small sample with a group of meta-ankoleite crystals on a fracture surface from Sterling Hill. This is an extremely rare species at the locality with very few known examples. Ted Bartels collection from Ewald Gerstmann. 

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Meta-ankoleite

Formula: 
K2(UO2)2(PO4)2·6H2O
Strunz: 
8.EB.15
Hardness: 
2.0 - 3.0
Colour: 
yellow
Type Locality: 
Mungenyi pegmatite, Ankole pegmatite field, Mbarara District, Uganda

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