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Vandendriesscheite & Uranopilite

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Vandendriesscheite & Uranopilite

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Description
Locality: 
Les Bains, Saint-Georges-les-Bains, Ardèche, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, France
Class: 
Combination
Size Range: 
Small miniature (3-4.5 cm)
Size: 
2.3 × 4.4 × 0.8 cm
Description

Orange crusts of vandendriesscheite with yellow uranoplite

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Vandendriesscheite

Formula: 
PbU7O22·12H2O
Strunz: 
4.GB.40
Hardness: 
3.0
Type Locality: 
Shinkolobwe Mine (Kasolo Mine), Shinkolobwe, Katanga Copper Crescent, Katanga (Shaba), Democratic Republic of Congo (Zaïre)

Uranopilite

Formula: 
(UO2)6(SO4)O2(OH)6·14H2O
Strunz: 
7.EA.05
Crystal System: 
Monoclinic
Hardness: 
0.0
Type Locality: 
Jáchymov (St Joachimsthal), Jáchymov District (St Joachimsthal), Krušné Hory Mts (Erzgebirge), Karlovy Vary Region, Bohemia (Böhmen; Boehmen), Czech Republic