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Meisserite & Belakovskiite

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Meisserite & Belakovskiite

IMA 2013-039
Type Locality

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Description
Locality: 
Blue Lizard Mine, Red Canyon, San Juan County, Utah, United States of America
Size Range: 
Thumbnail (1-3cm)
Size: 
1.5 × 1 × 0.3 cm
Description

A small but excellent sample of meisserite, a rare sodium-uranyl-sulfate, from the Type Locality. The specimen has a rich coverage of tiny yellowish green crystals and aggregates of meisserite on matrix associated with white to pale yellow fibrous belakovskite (IMA 2013-075). Beautiful under magnification.

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Meisserite

Formula: 
Na5(UO2)(SO4)3(SO3OH)(H2O)
Hardness: 
2.0 - 0.0
Type Locality: 
Blue Lizard Mine, Chocolate Drop, Red Canyon, White Canyon District, San Juan Co., Utah, USA

Belakovskiite

Formula: 
Na7(UO2)(SO4)4(SO3OH)(H2O)3
Hardness: 
2.0 - 0.0
Streak: 
White
Type Locality: 
Blue Lizard Mine, Chocolate Drop, Red Canyon, White Canyon District, San Juan Co., Utah, USA
Cartils Minerals

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