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Rietveldite

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Rietveldite

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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 × 0.8 × 0.8 cm
Description

Exceptional large and clear rietveldite from the Blue Lizard mine, Utah, USA. Ex C. Adan specimen. Associated with copiapite, halotrichite and römerite. 

 

 

 

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Rietveldite

Formula: 
Fe(UO2)(SO4)2(H2O)5
Crystal System: 
Orthorhombic
Hardness: 
2
Colour: 
Brownish-yellow
Streak: 
White
Type Locality: 
Jáchymov District, Karlovy Vary Region, Bohemia, Czech Republic Or Willi Agatz Mine, Dresden, Saxony, Germany Or Giveway-Simplot Mine, White Canyon District, San Juan County, Utah, USA