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Ewingite & Rabbittite

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Ewingite & Rabbittite

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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: 
6 × 5 × 4 cm
Description

Yellow ewingite (SEM-EDS, Raman & SC-XRD analysed) associated with filigrane rabbittite on matrix. Rare mineral.

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Ewingite

Formula: 
Mg8Ca8(UO2)24(CO3)30O4(OH)12(H2O)138
Crystal System: 
Tetragonal

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