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Autunite

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Autunite

Radioactive

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Description
Locality: 
Margnac II Mine, Compreignac, Haute-Vienne, Nouvelle-Aquitaine, France
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Small miniature (3-4.5 cm)
Size: 
4.4 × 2 × 0.2 cm
Largest Crystal: 
0.35cm
Description

Typical open vug opened on a layer of brecciated granite matrix, lined by bright yellow packs of tabular autunite crystals very well defined. From a recend find at one of the few european locales actives for U-bearing ore production. Collection specimens are nevertheless quite scarce.

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Autunite

Formula: 
Ca(UO2)2(PO4)2·11H2O
Strunz: 
8.EB.05
Crystal System: 
Tetragonal
Hardness: 
2.0 - 2.5
Type Locality: 
Saint-Symphorien-de-Marmagne, Montcenis, Saône-et-Loire, Burgundy, France

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