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Paulscherrerite

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Description
Locality: 
Radium Ridge, Mount Painter, Arkaroola Region, Flinders Ranges, South Australia, Australia
Class: 
Crystal Group/Cluster
Size Range: 
Micromount (under 1cm)
Size: 
0.05 × 0.04 × 0.04 cm
Description

Canary yellow paulscherrerite from the Arkaroola region in Australia. 

Paulscherrerite is named after Paul Scherrer who developed a diffractometer for crystals together with Paul Debye  (Debye-Scherrer technique). 

 

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Paulscherrerite

Formula: 
UO2(OH)2
Strunz: 
4.GA.05
Hardness: 
0.0
Type Locality: 
Radium Ridge, Mt Painter area, Arkaroola Region (Arkaroola Station), North Flinders Ranges, Flinders Ranges, South Australia, Australia