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Walpurgite & Uranosphaerite

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Walpurgite & Uranosphaerite

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Description
Locality: 
Weißer Hirsch Mine, Neustädtel, Schneeberg, Erzgebirge, Saxony, Germany
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Thumbnail (1-3cm)
Size: 
1 × 0.7 × 0.5 cm
Description

Orange to yellow walpurgite associated with minor orange-red uranosphärite from the type locality. 

 

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Walpurgite

Formula: 
(BiO)4(UO2)(AsO4)2·3H2O
Strunz: 
8.EA.05
Hardness: 
3.5
Type Locality: 
Walpurgis Flacher vein, Weißer Hirsch Mine (Shaft 3), Neustädtel, Schneeberg District, Erzgebirge, Saxony, Germany

Uranosphaerite

Formula: 
Bi(UO2)O2(OH)
Strunz: 
4.GB.65
Crystal System: 
Orthorhombic
Hardness: 
2.0 - 3.0
Type Locality: 
Walpurgis Flacher vein, Weißer Hirsch Mine (Shaft 3), Neustädtel, Schneeberg District, Erzgebirge, Saxony, Germany