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Rabejacite & Redcanyonite

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Rabejacite & Redcanyonite

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Description
Locality: 
Giftkies Adit, Jáchymov, Krušné Hory, Karlovy Vary Region, Czech Republic
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Thumbnail (1-3cm)
Size: 
1.5 × 1.2 × 0.7 cm
Description

 

SEM-EDS, Raman & SXRD confirmed yellow rabejacite with pale green johannite and orange fibrous Cu analogue of redcanyonite with jachymovite impurities (2nd photo). 

Comes with colour printed analysis no 3223-30. 

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Rabejacite

Formula: 
Ca(UO2)4(SO4)2(OH)6·6H2O
Strunz: 
7.EC.10
Crystal System: 
Orthorhombic
Hardness: 
3.0
Type Locality: 
Rabejac, Lodève, Hérault, Languedoc-Roussillon, France

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