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Ferrinatrite & Blödite

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Ferrinatrite & Blödite

SEM-EDS analysed specimen no 2018-11-10-25

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Description
Locality: 
Blue Lizard Mine, Red Canyon, San Juan County, Utah, United States of America
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Small miniature (3-4.5 cm)
Size: 
4.2 × 2.5 × 0.8 cm
Description

SEM-EDS analysed ferrinatrite (colourless needles) with blödite and minor uranium mineralisation (plasilite, fermiite). 

Specimen comes with analysis and has the no 2018-11-10-25. 

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Ferrinatrite

Formula: 
Na3Fe(SO4)3·3H2O
Strunz: 
7.CC.35
Hardness: 
2.5
Type Locality: 
La Compañia Mine, Caracoles, Sierra Gorda District, Antofagasta Province, Antofagasta Region, Chile

Blödite

Formula: 
Na2Mg(SO4)2·4H2O
Strunz: 
7.CC.50
Crystal System: 
Monoclinic
Hardness: 
2.5 - 3.0
Type Locality: 
Ischler Salzberg, Perneck, Bad Ischl, Gmunden, Upper Austria, Austria
Analysis
Analysis Report - only: Ferrinatrite & Blödite
Analysis Report - only: Ferrinatrite & Blödite
Analysis Report - only: Ferrinatrite & Blödite
Analysis Report - only: Ferrinatrite & Blödite
Analysis Report - only: Ferrinatrite & Blödite