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Pseudojohannite Redcanyonite & Cobaltzippeite

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Pseudojohannite Redcanyonite & Cobaltzippeite

EDS confirmed no 929

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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: 
Thumbnail (1-3cm)
Size: 
2.5 × 2.2 × 0.8 cm
Description

Very good greenish pseudojohannite (Cu end member of a zippeite) associated with orange red Mn dominant redcanyonite and brownish laths of cobaltzippeite. All are EDS confirmed on this specimen. Analysis no 929. Analysis attached. Other minerals associated are natrozippeite and johannite. 

 

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Pseudojohannite

Formula: 
Cu6.5(UO2)8(SO4)4O8(OH)5·25H2O
Group Parent: 
Zippeite Group
Strunz: 
7.EC.20
Crystal System: 
Triclinic
Hardness: 
0.0
Type Locality: 
Rovnost Mine (Werner Mine), Jáchymov (St Joachimsthal), Jáchymov District (St Joachimsthal), Krušné Hory Mts (Erzgebirge), Karlovy Vary Region, Bohemia (Böhmen; Boehmen), Czech Republic

Redcanyonite

Formula: 
(NH4)2Mn[(UO2)4O4(SO4)2](H2O)4
Crystal System: 
Monoclinic
Colour: 
Orange
Type Locality: 
Blue Lizard Mine, Red Canyon, White Canyon District, San Juan Co., 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
Analysis
Analysis Report - only: Pseudojohannite Redcanyonite & Cobaltzippeite
Analysis Report - only: Pseudojohannite Redcanyonite & Cobaltzippeite
Analysis Report - only: Pseudojohannite Redcanyonite & Cobaltzippeite
Analysis Report - only: Pseudojohannite Redcanyonite & Cobaltzippeite
Analysis Report - only: Pseudojohannite Redcanyonite & Cobaltzippeite