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Haiweeite

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Haiweeite

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Description
Locality: 
Unnamed Uranium Occurrence, Owen's Lake, Inyo County, California, United States of America
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Small miniature (3-4.5 cm)
Size: 
3.1 × 1.6 × 1.5 cm
Description

Pale yellow haiweeite from the haiweeite type locality on matrix. 

Ex M. Deliens specimen.

 

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Haiweeite

Formula: 
Ca(UO2)2[Si5O12(OH)2]·6H2O
Strunz: 
9.AK.25
Crystal System: 
Orthorhombic
Hardness: 
3.5
Streak: 
White
Type Locality: 
Unnamed U occurrence [1], Coso District (New Coso District), Coso Mts (Coso Range), Inyo Co., California, USA