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Uranospinite & Uraninite

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Uranospinite & Uraninite

Radioactive

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Description
Locality: 
Příbram District, Central Bohemian Region, Czech Republic
Size Range: 
Miniature (4.5-7 cm)
Size: 
6.7 × 3.7 × 1.7 cm
Description

Yellow micro-crystalline uranospinite associated with black uraninite. Very rich piece. Found 5 years back when the dumps of mine #16 were re-cultivated. No more being found!

Free shipping up to 1 kg (2 lbs), if conditions met (see the auction header).

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Uranospinite

Formula: 
Ca(UO2)(AsO4)2·10H2O
Strunz: 
8.EB.05
Crystal System: 
Tetragonal
Hardness: 
2.0 - 3.0
Type Locality: 
Walpurgis Flacher vein, Weißer Hirsch Mine (Shaft 3), Neustädtel, Schneeberg District, Erzgebirge, Saxony, Germany

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