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Uranospathite

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Uranospathite

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Description
Locality: 
Don Benito, Badajoz, Extremadura, Spain
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Miniature (4.5-7 cm)
Size: 
4.7 × 3.5 × 2 cm
Description

This is a fantastic and very rich specimen of the rare uranium mineral uranospathite.

Sharp tabular, yellow, translucent crystals of uranospathite all over the surface of the specimen.

Collected 1978

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