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Bayleyite Zellerite & Andersonite

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Bayleyite Zellerite & Andersonite

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Description
Locality: 
Ambrosia Lake, McKinley County, New Mexico, United States of America
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Small cabinet (7-10 cm)
Size: 
8.1 × 7.2 × 4.5 cm
Description

You are bidding on a large sample with a fracture surface completely covered in yellow needles of bayleyite, with whitish botryoidal zellerite and lots of small, pale green andersonite. Rich piece collected in 1967!

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Bayleyite

Formula: 
Mg2(UO2)(CO3)3·18H2O
Strunz: 
5.ED.05
Crystal System: 
Monoclinic
Hardness: 
0.0
Type Locality: 
Hillside Mine (Happy Jack MS 920 claim; Camp MS 919 claim; Seven Stars MS 916 claim), Bozarth Mesa, Bagdad, Eureka District, Yavapai Co., Arizona, USA

Zellerite

Formula: 
Ca(UO2)(CO3)2·5H2O
Strunz: 
5.EC.10
Crystal System: 
Orthorhombic
Hardness: 
2.0
Type Locality: 
Lucky MC mine (Lucky Mac), Gas Hills District, Fremont Co., Wyoming, USA

Andersonite

Formula: 
Na2Ca(UO2)(CO3)3·6H2O
Strunz: 
5.ED.30
Crystal System: 
Trigonal
Hardness: 
2.5
Type Locality: 
Hillside Mine (Happy Jack MS 920 claim; Camp MS 919 claim; Seven Stars MS 916 claim), Bozarth Mesa, Bagdad, Eureka District, Yavapai Co., Arizona, USA

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