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Uranospathite & Torbernite

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Uranospathite & Torbernite

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Description
Locality: 
Menzenschwand, St Blasien, Baden-Württemberg, Germany
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Thumbnail (1-3cm)
Size: 
2.5 × 2 × 1 cm
Description

Green torbernite crystals intergrown with yellow uranospathite on matrix

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

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