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Ammoniozippeite Cobaltzippeite & Schoepite

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Ammoniozippeite Cobaltzippeite & Schoepite

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Description
Locality: 
Blue Lizard Mine, Red Canyon, San Juan County, Utah, United States of America
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Small miniature (3-4.5 cm)
Size: 
3.4 × 3.3 × 0.8 cm
Description

SCXRD & SEM-EDS confirmed schoepite (round spheres, no pictures), associated with yellow ammoniozippeite and orange cobaltozippeite. 

SEM-EDS confirmed. Analysis in the analytical section. 

Associated with very good theresmagnanite!

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

Cobaltzippeite

Formula: 
Co(UO2)2(SO4)O2·3.5H2O
Group Parent: 
Zippeite Group
Strunz: 
7.EC.05
Crystal System: 
Monoclinic
Hardness: 
2.0
Type Locality: 
Happy Jack Mine (Blue Dike Mine), Copper Point, White Canyon, White Canyon District, San Juan Co., Utah, USA

Schoepite

Formula: 
(UO2)8O2(OH)12·12H2O
Strunz: 
4.GA.05
Hardness: 
2.5
Streak: 
Yellow
Type Locality: 
Shinkolobwe Mine (Kasolo Mine), Shinkolobwe, Katanga Copper Crescent, Katanga (Shaba), Democratic Republic of Congo (Zaïre)
Analysis
Analysis Report - only: Ammoniozippeite Cobaltzippeite & Schoepite
Analysis Report - only: Ammoniozippeite Cobaltzippeite & Schoepite