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Umohoite & Uranophane

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Umohoite & Uranophane

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Description
Locality: 
Mas d'Alary, Lodève, Hérault, Occitanie, France
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Thumbnail (1-3cm)
Size: 
1.6 × 1.3 × 1.2 cm
Description

Beautiful red spheres of umohoite on uraninite impregnated matrix. 

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Umohoite

Formula: 
(UO2)MoO4·2H2O
Strunz: 
4.GC.10
Crystal System: 
Monoclinic
Hardness: 
2.0
Type Locality: 
Freedom No. 2 Mine, Marysvale District (Marysvale Uranium area), Piute Co., Utah, USA

Uranophane

Formula: 
Ca(UO2)2[HSiO4]2·5H2O
Strunz: 
9.AK.15
Crystal System: 
Monoclinic
Hardness: 
2.0 - 3.0
Type Locality: 
Miedzianka (Kupferberg), Jelenia Góra District, Rudawy Janowickie Mts, Lower Silesia (Dolnośląskie), Poland