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Carnotite

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Description
Locality: 
Cactus Rat Mine, The Poison Strip, Grand County, Utah, United States of America
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Miniature (4.5-7 cm)
Size: 
5 × 3.6 × 2.4 cm
Description

Yellow carnotite on sandstone matrix from the Cactus Rat mine, Utah, USA. 

SEM-EDS conf. no 703. Comes with a colour printed analysis. 

 

 

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Carnotite

Formula: 
K2(UO2)2(VO4)2·3H2O
Strunz: 
4.HB.05
Crystal System: 
Monoclinic
Hardness: 
2.0
Type Locality: 
Rajah Mine, Uravan District, Montrose Co., Colorado, USA