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Trögerite & Deliensite

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Trögerite & Deliensite

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Description
Locality: 
Jáchymov, Krušné Hory, Karlovy Vary Region, Czech Republic
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Thumbnail (1-3cm)
Size: 
2.5 × 1.5 × 1.3 cm
Description

SEM-EDS confirmed highly lustrous deliensite & trögerite on uraninite matrix.  

Rare minerals

References: Desor, J. SEM-EDS analysis on uraninite samples from Jachymov 2015

 

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

Deliensite

Formula: 
Fe[(UO2)2(SO4)2(OH)2](H2O)7
Strunz: 
7.EB.10
Crystal System: 
Orthorhombic
Hardness: 
2.0
Type Locality: 
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