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Billietite Joliotite & Studtite

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Billietite Joliotite & Studtite

PXRD confirmed specimen no 04-04-menz8

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Description
Locality: 
Menzenschwand, St Blasien, Baden-Württemberg, Germany
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Miniature (4.5-7 cm)
Size: 
5.5 × 3.7 × 1.5 cm
Description

Yellow orange billietite crystals associated with orange-yellow joliotite masses and studtite. Very good and rich specimen. PXRD confirmed joliotite. Analysis no 04-04-menz8. 

 

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Billietite

Formula: 
Ba(UO2)6O4(OH)6·4-8H2O
Strunz: 
4.GB.10
Crystal System: 
Orthorhombic
Hardness: 
0.0
Type Locality: 
Shinkolobwe Mine (Kasolo Mine), Shinkolobwe, Katanga Copper Crescent, Katanga (Shaba), Democratic Republic of Congo (Zaïre)

Joliotite

Formula: 
(UO2)CO3·nH2O
Strunz: 
5.EB.15
Hardness: 
0.0
Type Locality: 
Krunkelbach Valley Uranium deposit, Menzenschwand, Black Forest, Baden-Württemberg, Germany

Studtite

Formula: 
[(UO2)(O2)(H2O)2]·H2O
Strunz: 
4.GA.15
Hardness: 
0.0
Type Locality: 
Shinkolobwe Mine (Kasolo Mine), Shinkolobwe, Katanga Copper Crescent, Katanga (Shaba), Democratic Republic of Congo (Zaïre)
Analysis
Analysis Report - only: Billietite Joliotite & Studtite