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Ammoniozippeite & Rutherfordine

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Ammoniozippeite & Rutherfordine

SCXRD & SEM-EDS confirmed no 36-13

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Description
Locality: 
Uranus Mine, Kleinrückerswalde, Annaberg-Buchholz, Erzgebirge, Saxony, Germany
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Micromount (under 1cm)
Size: 
0.5 × 0.4 × 0.25 cm
Description

SEM-EDS & SC-XRD microdiffraction confirmed ammoniozippeite with rutherfordine from the Uranus mine, Germany. 

Analysis in the analytical section. 

 

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

Rutherfordine

Formula: 
(UO2)CO3
Strunz: 
5.EB.05
Crystal System: 
Orthorhombic
Hardness: 
0.0
Streak: 
White
Type Locality: 
Lukwengule, Uluguru Mts (Uruguru Mts), Morogoro Region, Tanzania
Analysis
Analysis Report - only: Ammoniozippeite & Rutherfordine