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Fermiite Oppenheimerite & Bluelizardite

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Fermiite Oppenheimerite & Bluelizardite

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Description
Locality: 
Blue Lizard Mine, Red Canyon, San Juan County, Utah, United States of America
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Thumbnail (1-3cm)
Size: 
2 × 1 × 0.3 cm
Description

Perfect specimen containing rich aggregates of short prismatic (globular aggregates) green oppenheimerite, long prismatic crystals of fermiite and nearly colourless (to pale yellow) bluelizardite crystals, which are striated lengthwise. The type and the only locality. Confirmed by single-crystal X-ray diffraction.

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Fermiite

Formula: 
Na4(UO2)(SO4)3·3H2O
Crystal System: 
Orthorhombic
Type Locality: 
Blue Lizard Mine, San Juan County, Utah, USA

Oppenheimerite

Formula: 
Na2(UO2)(SO4)2·3H2O
Crystal System: 
Triclinic
Type Locality: 
Blue Lizard Mine, San Juan County, Utah, USA

Bluelizardite

Formula: 
Na7(UO2)(SO4)4Cl(H2O)2
Hardness: 
2.0 - 0.0
Type Locality: 
Blue Lizard Mine, Chocolate Drop, Red Canyon, White Canyon District, San Juan Co., Utah, USA

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