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Meta-ankoleite

EDS confirmed 2470

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Description
Locality: 
Sapucaia Mine, Sapucaia do Norte, Galiléia, Minas Gerais, Brazil
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Small miniature (3-4.5 cm)
Size: 
4.4 × 3.2 × 1.3 cm
Description

SEM-EDS confirmed meta-ankoleite from the Sapucaia mine, Minas Gerais, Brazil. Associated with brown bermanite and variscite. 

EDS analysis no 2470. 

Analysis attached.

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Meta-ankoleite

Formula: 
K2(UO2)2(PO4)2·6H2O
Strunz: 
8.EB.15
Hardness: 
2.0 - 3.0
Colour: 
yellow
Type Locality: 
Mungenyi pegmatite, Ankole pegmatite field, Mbarara District, Uganda
Analysis
Analysis Report - only: Meta-ankoleite
Analysis Report - only: Meta-ankoleite