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Trögerite Saléeite & Walpurgite

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Trögerite Saléeite & Walpurgite

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Description
Locality: 
Weißer Hirsch Mine, Neustädtel, Schneeberg, Erzgebirge, Saxony, Germany
Size Range: 
Thumbnail (1-3cm)
Size: 
2.9 × 2.5 × 2.6 cm
Description

Saleeite occurs as transparent yellow-green crystals, accompanied by opaque elongated brown yellow walpurgite. Trögerite is intergrown in the matrix as bright yellow opaque mass.

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

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

Saléeite

Formula: 
Mg(UO2)2(PO4)2·10H2O
Strunz: 
8.EB.05
Hardness: 
2.0 - 3.0
Type Locality: 
Weißer Hirsch Mine (Shaft 3), Neustädtel, Schneeberg District, Erzgebirge, Saxony, Germany

Walpurgite

Formula: 
(BiO)4(UO2)(AsO4)2·3H2O
Strunz: 
8.EA.05
Hardness: 
3.5
Type Locality: 
Walpurgis Flacher vein, Weißer Hirsch Mine (Shaft 3), Neustädtel, Schneeberg District, Erzgebirge, Saxony, Germany