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Shumwayite

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Description
Locality: 
Giveway-Simplot Mine, Red Canyon, San Juan County, Utah, United States of America
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Small miniature (3-4.5 cm)
Size: 
3 × 1.4 × 1 cm
Description

SEM-EDS confirmed shumwayite from the Giveway-Simplot mine. Many specimens have been analysed with the result shumwayite. 

Rare mineral. 

New minerals, but not present on this samples, for the mine are natrozippeite and johannite. 

 

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Shumwayite

Formula: 
(UO2)2(SO4)2·5H2O
Crystal System: 
Monoclinic
Type Locality: 
Green Lizard Mine, San Juan County, Utah, USA Or Giveway-Simplot Mine, San Juan County, Utah, USA
Analysis
Analysis Report - only: Shumwayite
Analysis Report - only: Shumwayite