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Joliotite Chukhrovite-(Y) & Blatonite

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Joliotite Chukhrovite-(Y) & Blatonite

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Description
Locality: 
Uranus Mine, Kleinrückerswalde, Annaberg-Buchholz, Erzgebirge, Saxony, Germany
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Miniature (4.5-7 cm)
Size: 
6 × 4 × 3 cm
Description

Yellow striated blatonite with irregular glassy joliotite with marecottite and chukhrovite-(Y) and gypsum. 

 

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Joliotite

Formula: 
(UO2)CO3·nH2O
Strunz: 
5.EB.15
Hardness: 
0.0
Type Locality: 
Krunkelbach Valley Uranium deposit, Menzenschwand, Black Forest, Baden-Württemberg, Germany

Chukhrovite-(Y)

Formula: 
Ca3(Y,Ce)[F|SO4|(AlF6)2]·10H2O
Strunz: 
3.CG.10
Hardness: 
3.0
Streak: 
white
Type Locality: 
Kara-Oba W deposit, Betpakdala Desert (Bet-Pak-Dal Desert), Karagandy Province (Qaragandy Oblysy; Karaganda Oblast'), Kazakhstan...

Blatonite

Formula: 
(UO2)CO3·H2O
Strunz: 
5.EB.10
Crystal System: 
Hexagonal
Hardness: 
2.0 - 3.0
Streak: 
White
Type Locality: 
Jomac Mine, White Canyon, White Canyon District, San Juan Co., Utah, USA