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Seelite

XRD & EDS confirmed specimen

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Description
Locality: 
Uranus Mine, Kleinrückerswalde, Annaberg-Buchholz, Erzgebirge, Saxony, Germany
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Miniature (4.5-7 cm)
Size: 
5 × 3.2 × 3 cm
Description

Yellow XRD & EDS confirmed seelite in yellow acicular spheres on fluorite-U matrix. Seelite is an unusual U arsenite-arsenate. Analysis can be view in the analysis section. 

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Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Seelite

Formula: 
Mg(UO2)(As3+O3)0.7(AsO4)0.3·7H2O
Strunz: 
4.JD.10
Crystal System: 
Monoclinic
Hardness: 
0.0
Type Locality: 
Rabejac, Lodève, Hérault, Languedoc-Roussillon, France
Analysis
Analysis Report - only: Seelite
Analysis Report - only: Seelite
Analysis Report - only: Seelite