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Schoepite Psm Andersonite

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Schoepite Psm Andersonite

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Description
Locality: 
Eureka Mine, Castell-estaó, La Torre de Cabdella, La Vall Fosca, Lleida, Catalonia, Spain
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Thumbnail (1-3cm)
Size: 
1.5 × 0.7 × 0.7 cm
Description

Yellow schoepite psm. andersonite from the Eureka mine. Confirmed by Raman spectroscopy. 

 

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Schoepite

Formula: 
(UO2)8O2(OH)12·12H2O
Strunz: 
4.GA.05
Hardness: 
2.5
Streak: 
Yellow
Type Locality: 
Shinkolobwe Mine (Kasolo Mine), Shinkolobwe, Katanga Copper Crescent, Katanga (Shaba), Democratic Republic of Congo (Zaïre)

Andersonite

Formula: 
Na2Ca(UO2)(CO3)3·6H2O
Strunz: 
5.ED.30
Crystal System: 
Trigonal
Hardness: 
2.5
Type Locality: 
Hillside Mine (Happy Jack MS 920 claim; Camp MS 919 claim; Seven Stars MS 916 claim), Bozarth Mesa, Bagdad, Eureka District, Yavapai Co., Arizona, USA