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Alwilkinsite-(Y) & Deliensite

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Alwilkinsite-(Y) & Deliensite

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Description
Locality: 
Blue Lizard Mine, Red Canyon, San Juan County, Utah, United States of America
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Thumbnail (1-3cm)
Size: 
1.4 × 0.9 × 0.6 cm
Description

Colourless to pale yellow very thin alwilkinsite-(Y) with the Co analogue of deliensite from the Blue Lizard mine, Utah, USA. 

SEM-EDS & Raman confirmed no fb27. 

 

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Alwilkinsite-(Y)

Formula: 
Y(UO2)3(SO4)2O(OH)3(H2O)7 · 7H2O
Crystal System: 
Orthorhombic
Hardness: 
2 - 2½
Colour: 
yellowish-green
Type Locality: 
Blue Lizard Mine, White Canyon District, San Juan County, Utah, USA

Deliensite

Formula: 
Fe[(UO2)2(SO4)2(OH)2](H2O)7
Strunz: 
7.EB.10
Crystal System: 
Orthorhombic
Hardness: 
2.0
Type Locality: 
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