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Plášilite Natrozippeite & D'Ansite

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Plášilite Natrozippeite & D'Ansite

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Description
Locality: 
Blue Lizard Mine, Red Canyon, San Juan County, Utah, United States of America
Class: 
Crystal Group/Cluster
Size Range: 
Small miniature (3-4.5 cm)
Size: 
3 × 2 × 1 cm
Description

Nice sprays (up to 2-3 mm across) of prismatic plášilite crystals in vugs of coarse-grained sandstone in association with natrozippeite and fine crystalline whitish d’ansite. Checked with single-crystal X-ray diffraction.

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Plášilite

Formula: 
Na(UO2)(SO4)(OH)·2H2O
Hardness: 
2.0 - 3.0
Streak: 
White
Type Locality: 
Blue Lizard Mine, Chocolate Drop, Red Canyon, White Canyon District, San Juan Co., Utah, USA

Natrozippeite

Formula: 
Na5(UO2)8(SO4)4O5(OH)3·12H2O
Group Parent: 
Zippeite Group
Strunz: 
7.EC.05
Crystal System: 
Tetragonal
Hardness: 
5.0 - 5.5
Streak: 
yellow
Type Locality: 
Happy Jack Mine (Blue Dike Mine), Copper Point, White Canyon, White Canyon District, San Juan Co., Utah, USA

D'Ansite

Formula: 
Na21Mg(SO4)10Cl3
Strunz: 
7.BC.05
Crystal System: 
Isometric
Hardness: 
0.0
Type Locality: 
Salt mine, Hall valley, Hall, Innsbruck, Inn valley, North Tyrol, Tyrol, Austria

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