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Albrechtschraufite Rabbittite & Schröckingerite

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Albrechtschraufite Rabbittite & Schröckingerite

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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: 
4.8 × 2.8 × 2.5 cm
Description

Several green albrechtschraufite groups associated with large green tabular schröckingerite and many beautiful rabbittite groups. 

A similar specimen has been PXRD & EDS confirmed. 

 

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Albrechtschraufite

Formula: 
Ca4Mg(UO2)2(CO3)6F2·17-18H2O
Strunz: 
5.ED.15
Crystal System: 
Triclinic
Hardness: 
2.0 - 3.0
Streak: 
White
Type Locality: 
Jáchymov (St Joachimsthal), Jáchymov District (St Joachimsthal), Krušné Hory Mts (Erzgebirge), Karlovy Vary Region, Bohemia (Böhmen; Boehmen), Czech Republic

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

Schröckingerite

Formula: 
NaCa3(UO2)(CO3)3(SO4)F·10H2O
Strunz: 
5.EG.05
Crystal System: 
Orthorhombic
Hardness: 
2.5
Type Locality: 
Svornost Mine (Einigkeit Mine), Jáchymov (St Joachimsthal), Jáchymov District (St Joachimsthal), Krušné Hory Mts (Erzgebirge), Karlovy Vary Region, Bohemia (Böhmen; Boehmen), Czech Republic