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Thorutite

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Thorutite

Rare Mineral

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Description
Locality: 
Buckwheat Mine, Franklin, Sussex County, New Jersey, United States of America
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Small miniature (3-4.5 cm)
Size: 
1.6 × 3.4 × 2.2 cm
Description

Black elongated thorutite crystals in matrix

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Thorutite

Formula: 
(Th,U,Ca)Ti2(O,OH)6
Strunz: 
4.DH.05
Hardness: 
4.5 - 5.5
Colour: 
Black
Type Locality: 
Severnyi area (North area), Zardalek alkaline massif, Sokh Valley, Alai Range (Alay Range), Osh Oblast, Kyrgyzstan