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Gummite Curite & Zircon

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Gummite Curite & Zircon

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Description
Locality: 
Ruggles Mine, Grafton, Grafton County, New Hampshire, United States of America
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Small miniature (3-4.5 cm)
Size: 
4.2 × 4 × 1.5 cm
Description

Dark brown zircone associated with gummite and curite in pegmatite matrix from the Ruggles mine, Grafton, New Hampshire, USA. 

 

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Curite

Formula: 
Pb3(UO2)8O8(OH)6·3H2O
Strunz: 
4.GB.55
Hardness: 
4.0 - 5.0
Streak: 
Orange
Type Locality: 
Shinkolobwe Mine (Kasolo Mine), Shinkolobwe, Katanga Copper Crescent, Katanga (Shaba), Democratic Republic of Congo (Zaïre)

Zircon

Formula: 
ZrSiO4
Strunz: 
9.AD.30
Crystal System: 
Tetragonal
Hardness: 
7.5
Streak: 
White