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Mathesiusite

20-01-18-fb3 EDS & Raman conf.

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Description
Locality: 
North Mesa Mine group, Temple Mountain, Emery County, Utah, United States of America
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Small miniature (3-4.5 cm)
Size: 
3.2 × 2 × 1.2 cm
Description

20-01-18-fb3 EDS & Raman conf. material hosting yellow-green mathesiusite crystal groups on U-V impregnated sandstone. Minor realgar present. Analysis attached, second locality in the world. 

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Mathesiusite

Formula: 
K5(UO2)4(SO4)4(VO5)·4H2O
Hardness: 
2.0 - 0.0
Type Locality: 
Geschieber vein, Svornost Mine (Einigkeit Mine), Jáchymov (St Joachimsthal), Jáchymov District (St Joachimsthal), Krušné Hory Mts (Erzgebirge), Karlovy Vary Region, Bohemia (Böhmen; Boehmen), Czech Republic