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Schröckingerite & Zippeite

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Schröckingerite & Zippeite

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Description
Locality: 
Golden Idol Mine, Cherry Creek District, Yavapai County, Arizona, United States of America
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Thumbnail (1-3cm)
Size: 
2 × 1.8 × 0.7 cm
Description

Yellow zippeite and isolated green schröckingerite on matrix. 

From an old systematic collection. 

 

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Schröckingerite

Formula: 
NaCa3(UO2)(CO3)3(SO4)F·10H2O
Strunz: 
5.EG.05
Crystal System: 
Orthorhombic
Hardness: 
2.5
Type Locality: 
Svornost Mine (Einigkeit Mine), Jáchymov (St Joachimsthal), Jáchymov District (St Joachimsthal), Krušné Hory Mts (Erzgebirge), Karlovy Vary Region, Bohemia (Böhmen; Boehmen), Czech Republic

Zippeite

Formula: 
K3(UO2)4(SO4)2O3(OH)·3H2O
Group Parent: 
Zippeite Group
Strunz: 
7.EC.05
Crystal System: 
Monoclinic
Hardness: 
2.0
Type Locality: 
Elias Mine, Jáchymov (St Joachimsthal), Jáchymov District (St Joachimsthal), Krušné Hory Mts (Erzgebirge), Karlovy Vary Region, Bohemia (Böhmen; Boehmen), Czech Republic