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Rabbittite

XRD & EDS confirmed specimen

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Description
Locality: 
Uranus Mine, Kleinrückerswalde, Annaberg-Buchholz, Erzgebirge, Saxony, Germany
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Small miniature (3-4.5 cm)
Size: 
3.2 × 2.4 × 0.8 cm
Description

Colourless to beige rabbittite-(F) on fluorite U matrix. The mineral has been XRD analysed and EDS confirmed. It is the F analogue of rabbittite. 

 

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Rabbittite

Formula: 
Ca3Mg3(UO2)2(CO3)6(OH)4·18H2O
Strunz: 
5.ED.25
Crystal System: 
Monoclinic
Hardness: 
2.5
Type Locality: 
Lucky Strike No. 2 mine, San Rafael District (San Rafael Swell), Emery Co., Utah, USA