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Rutherfordine & Uraninite

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Rutherfordine & Uraninite

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Description
Locality: 
Uluguru Mountains, Morogoro Region, Tanzania (United Republic)
Class: 
Combination
Size Range: 
Thumbnail (1-3cm)
Size: 
1.4 × 1.4 × 1 cm
Description

A layer of yellow-greenish rutherfordine covering an uraninite crystal

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Rutherfordine

Formula: 
(UO2)CO3
Strunz: 
5.EB.05
Crystal System: 
Orthorhombic
Hardness: 
0.0
Streak: 
White
Type Locality: 
Lukwengule, Uluguru Mts (Uruguru Mts), Morogoro Region, Tanzania

Uraninite

Formula: 
UO2
Strunz: 
4.DL.05
Crystal System: 
Isometric
Hardness: 
5.0 - 6.0
Type Locality: 
Jáchymov (St Joachimsthal), Jáchymov District (St Joachimsthal), Krušné Hory Mts (Erzgebirge), Karlovy Vary Region, Bohemia (Böhmen; Boehmen), Czech Republic