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Uranophane

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Uranophane

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Description
Locality: 
Rössing Uranium Mine, Arandis, Erongo Region, Namibia
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Miniature (4.5-7 cm)
Size: 
5 × 3.5 × 1.8 cm
Description

A fine sample richly covered with numerous intense yellow lustrous acicular crystals of uranophane from Rössing Mine. A very good locality piece!

Mineral Data
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Uranophane

Formula: 
Ca(UO2)2[HSiO4]2·5H2O
Strunz: 
9.AK.15
Crystal System: 
Monoclinic
Hardness: 
2.0 - 3.0
Type Locality: 
Miedzianka (Kupferberg), Jelenia Góra District, Rudawy Janowickie Mts, Lower Silesia (Dolnośląskie), Poland

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