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Françoisite-(Ce)

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Françoisite-(Ce)

EDS conf. specimen no 20-04-04-gis11

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Description
Locality: 
La Creusa, Les Marécottes, Le Trient Valley, Valais, Switzerland
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Small miniature (3-4.5 cm)
Size: 
3.5 × 3.2 × 2.2 cm
Description

EDS conf. specimen no 20-04-04-gis11 hosting intense yellow francoisite-(Ce) with pale acicular uranophane. Analysis attached. 

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Françoisite-(Ce)

Formula: 
(Ce,Nd,Ca)(UO2)3(PO4)2O(OH)·6H2O
Strunz: 
8.EC.05
Hardness: 
0.0
Type Locality: 
La Creusa U prospect (La Creusaz U prospect), Les Marécottes, Le Trient Valley, Wallis (Valais), Switzerland