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Uranosphaerite & Trögerite

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Uranosphaerite & Trögerite

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Description
Locality: 
Weißer Hirsch Mine, Neustädtel, Schneeberg, Erzgebirge, Saxony, Germany
Size Range: 
Micromount (under 1cm)
Size: 
0.6 × 0.4 × 0.3 cm
Description

Two interesting samples from 1871 with trögerite in association with torbernite and yellow-orange uranosphaerite.

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Uranosphaerite

Formula: 
Bi(UO2)O2(OH)
Strunz: 
4.GB.65
Crystal System: 
Orthorhombic
Hardness: 
2.0 - 3.0
Type Locality: 
Walpurgis Flacher vein, Weißer Hirsch Mine (Shaft 3), Neustädtel, Schneeberg District, Erzgebirge, Saxony, Germany

Trögerite

Formula: 
(UO2)3(AsO4)2·12H2O (?)
Strunz: 
8.EB.15
Hardness: 
2.0 - 3.0
Type Locality: 
Walpurgis Flacher vein, Weißer Hirsch Mine (Shaft 3), Neustädtel, Schneeberg District, Erzgebirge, Saxony, Germany