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Torbernite On Quartz

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Torbernite On Quartz

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Description
Locality: 
Assunção Mine, Aldeia Nova, Sátão, Viseu District, Portugal
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Cabinet (10-18 cm)
Size: 
12.5 × 12.2 × 5 cm
Description

In my opinion the best and most attractive specimen from the early 2015 find. Very good torbernite crystals on big, milky, a little translucent 'cactus quartz' crystals.

The torbernite is very delicate. I'd like to deliver it in person - maybe at the Idar-Oberstein or Sainte-Marie show. If you don't go there I'm sure we can find another safe way.

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Torbernite

Formula: 
Cu(UO2)2(PO4)2·12H2O
Strunz: 
8.EB.05
Crystal System: 
Tetragonal
Hardness: 
2.0 - 2.5
Type Locality: 
Johanngeorgenstadt, Johanngeorgenstadt District, Erzgebirge, Saxony, Germany

Quartz

Formula: 
SiO2
Strunz: 
4.DA.05
Crystal System: 
Trigonal
Hardness: 
7.0
Streak: 
White

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