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Autunite

ex. Albin Jahn stock
Classic Locality

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Description
Locality: 
Himmelfahrt Mine, Steinbach, Erzgebirge, Saxony, Germany
Size Range: 
Cabinet (10-18 cm)
Size: 
12 × 11 × 11 cm
Description

This cabinet specimen hosts very nice greenish to yellowish autunite from a classic german locality. It comes from ex. Albin Jahn stocks. Jahn was a well known dealer and mineral collector in Plauen. His personal collection is now property of the museum for mineralogy and geology in Dresden.

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Autunite

Formula: 
Ca(UO2)2(PO4)2·11H2O
Strunz: 
8.EB.05
Crystal System: 
Tetragonal
Hardness: 
2.0 - 2.5
Type Locality: 
Saint-Symphorien-de-Marmagne, Montcenis, Saône-et-Loire, Burgundy, France