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Ammoniozippeite & Uranophane

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Ammoniozippeite & Uranophane

EDS confirmed no 03-31-20

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Description
Locality: 
Johannesschacht Mine, Wölsendorf, Schwarzach bei Nabburg, Upper Palatinate, Bavaria, Germany
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Thumbnail (1-3cm)
Size: 
2.7 × 2.6 × 1.5 cm
Description

Yellow ammoniozippeite associated with uranophane on purple fluorite from the Johannes shaft, Wölsendorf, Germany. SEM-EDS confirmed no 03-31-20. 

Analysis on request.

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Ammoniozippeite

Formula: 
(NH4)3(UO2)4(SO4)2O3(OH) · 3H2O
Group Parent: 
Zippeite Group
Type Locality: 
Markey mine, Red Canyon, White Canyon District, San Juan County, Utah, USA

Uranophane

Formula: 
Ca(UO2)2[HSiO4]2·5H2O
Strunz: 
9.AK.15
Crystal System: 
Monoclinic
Hardness: 
2.0 - 3.0
Type Locality: 
Miedzianka (Kupferberg), Jelenia Góra District, Rudawy Janowickie Mts, Lower Silesia (Dolnośląskie), Poland