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Oswaldpeetersite Marécottite Blatonite & Mbobomkulite

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Oswaldpeetersite Marécottite Blatonite & Mbobomkulite

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Description
Locality: 
Jomac Mine, White Canyon, San Juan County, Utah, United States of America
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Thumbnail (1-3cm)
Size: 
1.1 × 0.7 × 0.6 cm
Description

You are bidding on a small sample with a small oswaldpeetersite spray on matrix with yellow balls of marecottite, fiber optic like crystals of blatonite, and blue to white balls of mbobomkulite. 

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Oswaldpeetersite

Formula: 
(UO2)2(CO3)(OH)2·4H2O
Strunz: 
5.EA.20
Hardness: 
2.0 - 3.0
Type Locality: 
Jomac Mine, White Canyon, White Canyon District, San Juan Co., Utah, USA

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

Blatonite

Formula: 
(UO2)CO3·H2O
Strunz: 
5.EB.10
Crystal System: 
Hexagonal
Hardness: 
2.0 - 3.0
Streak: 
White
Type Locality: 
Jomac Mine, White Canyon, White Canyon District, San Juan Co., Utah, USA

Mbobomkulite

Formula: 
(Ni,Cu)Al4((NO3)2,SO4)(OH)12·3H2O
Strunz: 
5.ND.10
Hardness: 
0.0
Type Locality: 
Mbobo Mkulu Cave, Nelspruit, Ehlanzeni District, Mpumalanga Province, South Africa

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