Moving mountains for you
Switch currency

Current Live Auctions

Current Live Fixed Price Sales

Autunite

Views:
Watches:
CAM188913

Autunite

With antique label
Classic Locality

Description Tabs

Description
Locality: 
Himmelfahrt Mine, Steinbach, Erzgebirge, Saxony, Germany
Size Range: 
Miniature (4.5-7 cm)
Size: 
6 × 2.6 × 1.8 cm
Description

A rich coverage of yellow tabular crystals and booklet-like aggregates of autunite on matrix.
An old sample dating from the 1950's with two old labels. Very good for the locality and hard to find nowadays.

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Autunite

Formula: 
Ca(UO2)2(PO4)2·11H2O
Strunz: 
8.EB.05
Crystal System: 
Tetragonal
Hardness: 
2.0 - 2.5
Type Locality: 
Saint-Symphorien-de-Marmagne, Montcenis, Saône-et-Loire, Burgundy, France
Cartils Minerals

Seller Information

Payment options: offline, paypal_wpp, paypal_wps