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Meta-ankoleite

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Meta-ankoleite

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Description
Locality: 
Arcu su Linnarbu, Capoterra, Cagliari Province, Sardinia, Italy
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Small miniature (3-4.5 cm)
Size: 
3.2 × 3 × 1.2 cm
Description

Intense yellow meta-ankoleite with phosphuranylite on limonitic matrix. 

 

Mineral Data
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Meta-ankoleite

Formula: 
K2(UO2)2(PO4)2·6H2O
Strunz: 
8.EB.15
Hardness: 
2.0 - 3.0
Colour: 
yellow
Type Locality: 
Mungenyi pegmatite, Ankole pegmatite field, Mbarara District, Uganda