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Uranospathite & Heinrichite

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Uranospathite & Heinrichite

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Description
Locality: 
Krunkelbach Valley, Menzenschwand, Baden-Württemberg, Germany
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Small miniature (3-4.5 cm)
Size: 
4.1 × 2.6 × 1.5 cm
Description

specimen with some aggregates of intense yellow crystals of uranospathite with associate yellow-green crystals of heinrichite on matrix.

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Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Uranospathite

Formula: 
(Al,☐)(UO2)2(PO4)2F·20(H2O,F)
Strunz: 
8.EB.25
Crystal System: 
Tetragonal
Hardness: 
2.0 - 2.5
Type Locality: 
Wheal Basset, Basset Mines, Carn Brea, Camborne - Redruth - St Day District, Cornwall, England, UK

Heinrichite

Formula: 
Ba(UO2)2(AsO4)2·10H2O
Strunz: 
8.EB.05
Hardness: 
2.5
Type Locality: 
White King Mine, Lakeview, Lake Co., Oregon, USA

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