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Haiweeite & Phurcalite

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Haiweeite & Phurcalite

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Description
Locality: 
Los Azules Mine, Quebrada San Miguel, Copiapó Province, Atacama Region, Chile
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Thumbnail (1-3cm)
Size: 
2.6 × 1.5 × 1.3 cm
Description

Greenish yellow haiweeite surrounded by yellow phurcalite. 

Beautiful!

 

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Haiweeite

Formula: 
Ca(UO2)2[Si5O12(OH)2]·6H2O
Strunz: 
9.AK.25
Crystal System: 
Orthorhombic
Hardness: 
3.5
Streak: 
White
Type Locality: 
Unnamed U occurrence [1], Coso District (New Coso District), Coso Mts (Coso Range), Inyo Co., California, USA

Phurcalite

Formula: 
Ca2(UO2)3(PO4)2O2·7H2O
Strunz: 
8.EC.35
Hardness: 
3.0
Colour: 
Yellow
Type Locality: 
Streuberg Quarry, Bergen, Bergen U deposit, Zobes-Bergen District, Vogtland, Saxony, Germany