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Gold With Uraninite

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Gold With Uraninite

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Description
Locality: 
Anna Adit, Mitterberg District, St Johann im Pongau, Salzburg, Austria
Class: 
Combination
Size Range: 
Small miniature (3-4.5 cm)
Size: 
2.2 × 3.2 × 1.3 cm
Weight: 
12.90gr
Description

Quartz-rich rock shows a mica-covered surface hosting some single masses of black uraninite up to 5 mm diameter. Crystalline gold leaves are associated with one of the larger masses of uraninite, visible with the naked eye. Rare and interesting material from ancient Mitterberg mining area.

Slightly radioactive due to content of U (appr. 5.1 micro Sv/h within spitting distance).

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Gold

Formula: 
Au
Strunz: 
1.AA.05
Crystal System: 
Isometric
Hardness: 
2.5 - 3.0

Uraninite

Formula: 
UO2
Strunz: 
4.DL.05
Crystal System: 
Isometric
Hardness: 
5.0 - 6.0
Type Locality: 
Jáchymov (St Joachimsthal), Jáchymov District (St Joachimsthal), Krušné Hory Mts (Erzgebirge), Karlovy Vary Region, Bohemia (Böhmen; Boehmen), Czech Republic

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