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Uranopilite Rutherfordine & Zippeite

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Uranopilite Rutherfordine & Zippeite

Martin Jensen collection
Rare Mineral

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Description
Locality: 
Apex Mine, Reese River, Lander County, Nevada, United States of America
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Thumbnail (1-3cm)
Size: 
2.8 × 2.1 × 1 cm
Description

You are bidding on a thumbnail sample from the Martin Jensen collection with radial aggregates of rutherfordine crystals that are coated with tiny zippeite crystals and associated with rich clusters of uranopilite needles. Specimen collected by Martin in 1999 and all species verified by PXRD and EDS. 

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Uranopilite

Formula: 
(UO2)6(SO4)O2(OH)6·14H2O
Strunz: 
7.EA.05
Crystal System: 
Monoclinic
Hardness: 
0.0
Type Locality: 
Jáchymov (St Joachimsthal), Jáchymov District (St Joachimsthal), Krušné Hory Mts (Erzgebirge), Karlovy Vary Region, Bohemia (Böhmen; Boehmen), Czech Republic

Rutherfordine

Formula: 
(UO2)CO3
Strunz: 
5.EB.05
Crystal System: 
Orthorhombic
Hardness: 
0.0
Streak: 
White
Type Locality: 
Lukwengule, Uluguru Mts (Uruguru Mts), Morogoro Region, Tanzania

Zippeite

Formula: 
K3(UO2)4(SO4)2O3(OH)·3H2O
Group Parent: 
Zippeite Group
Strunz: 
7.EC.05
Crystal System: 
Monoclinic
Hardness: 
2.0
Type Locality: 
Elias Mine, Jáchymov (St Joachimsthal), Jáchymov District (St Joachimsthal), Krušné Hory Mts (Erzgebirge), Karlovy Vary Region, Bohemia (Böhmen; Boehmen), Czech Republic

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