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Bassetite & Zinczippeite

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JYJ855350

Bassetite & Zinczippeite

EDS & Raman confirmed

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Description
Locality: 
Jáchymov, Krušné Hory, Karlovy Vary Region, Czech Republic
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Thumbnail (1-3cm)
Size: 
2.5 × 2.2 × 1.8 cm
Description

Tabular yellow-orange bassetite associated with tiny zinczippeite on U impregnated matrix. Comes with a colour printed multi-page analysis. 

 

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Bassetite

Formula: 
Fe2+(UO2)2(PO4)2·8H2O
Strunz: 
8.EB.10
Crystal System: 
Monoclinic
Hardness: 
2.5
Type Locality: 
Wheal Basset, Basset Mines, Carn Brea, Camborne - Redruth - St Day District, Cornwall, England, UK
Isostructural with: 
Autunite
Nováčekite-II
Saléeite

Zinczippeite

Formula: 
Zn(UO2)2(SO4)O2·3.5H2O
Group Parent: 
Zippeite Group
Strunz: 
7.EC.05
Crystal System: 
Monoclinic
Hardness: 
2.0
Type Locality: 
Hillside Mine (Happy Jack MS 920 claim; Camp MS 919 claim; Seven Stars MS 916 claim), Bozarth Mesa, Bagdad, Eureka District, Yavapai Co., Arizona, USA