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Autunite & Torbernite

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Autunite & Torbernite

ex coll. Herbert Seckler
Radioactive

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Description
Locality: 
Krunkelbach Valley, Menzenschwand, Baden-Württemberg, Germany
Size Range: 
Cabinet (10-18 cm)
Size: 
17 × 7.5 × 5 cm
Description

There are at least two different uranium micas on this specimen.

I've listed it under the most plausible and common minerals, but you might discover others, like uranocircite f.e.

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

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

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