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Lussierite & Belakovskiite

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Lussierite & Belakovskiite

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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: 
Thumbnail (1-3cm)
Size: 
2.8 × 2.2 × 1 cm
Description

Very rare SEM-EDS confirmed lussierite with fibrous belakovskiite and blödite and metasideronatrite on sandstone matrix. The last detail images are made with a long-wave UV lamp. 

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Lussierite

Formula: 
Na10[(UO2)(SO4)4](SO4)2 · 3(H2O)
Crystal System: 
Monoclinic
Hardness: 
Colour: 
Light greenish yellow
Streak: 
White
Type Locality: 
Blue Lizard Mine, San Juan County, Utah, United States of America

Belakovskiite

Formula: 
Na7(UO2)(SO4)4(SO3OH)(H2O)3
Hardness: 
2.0 - 0.0
Streak: 
White
Type Locality: 
Blue Lizard Mine, Chocolate Drop, Red Canyon, White Canyon District, San Juan Co., Utah, USA
Analysis
Analysis Report - only: Lussierite & Belakovskiite
Analysis Report - only: Lussierite & Belakovskiite
Analysis Report - only: Lussierite & Belakovskiite