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Walpurgite With Torbernite

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Walpurgite With Torbernite

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Description
Locality: 
Schneeberg, Erzgebirge, Saxony, Germany
Size Range: 
Small cabinet (7-10 cm)
Size: 
6 × 7 × 2.7 cm
Description

Light yellowish walpurgite crystals with small torbernite from Schneeberg mining district.

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

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

Torbernite

Formula: 
Cu(UO2)2(PO4)2·12H2O
Strunz: 
8.EB.05
Crystal System: 
Tetragonal
Hardness: 
2.0 - 2.5
Type Locality: 
Johanngeorgenstadt, Johanngeorgenstadt District, Erzgebirge, Saxony, Germany