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Studtite & Phosphuranylite

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Studtite & Phosphuranylite

Raman & EDS conf.; New find!

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Description
Locality: 
Prévinquières, Entraygues-sur-Truyère, Aveyron, Occitanie, France
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Miniature (4.5-7 cm)
Size: 
6.5 × 3.5 × 2.3 cm
Description

Very rich SEM-EDS & Raman conf. almost colourless studtite with phosphuranylite on matrix. Studtite is present in clusters on several points on the specimen. New find!

Analysis no 621, analytical data in the analysis section. 

 

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Studtite

Formula: 
[(UO2)(O2)(H2O)2]·H2O
Strunz: 
4.GA.15
Hardness: 
0.0
Type Locality: 
Shinkolobwe Mine (Kasolo Mine), Shinkolobwe, Katanga Copper Crescent, Katanga (Shaba), Democratic Republic of Congo (Zaïre)

Phosphuranylite

Formula: 
(H3O)3KCa(UO2)7(PO4)4O4·8H2O
Strunz: 
8.EC.10
Hardness: 
2.5
Type Locality: 
Buchanan Mine, Waterhole Mine, (Buchanan pegmatite), Mitchell Co., North Carolina, USA
Analysis
Analysis Report - only: Studtite & Phosphuranylite
Analysis Report - only: Studtite & Phosphuranylite
Analysis Report - only: Studtite & Phosphuranylite