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Metatorbernite

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Metatorbernite

Radioactive

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Description
Locality: 
Margabal Mine, Entraygues-sur-Truyère, Aveyron, Occitanie, France
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Miniature (4.5-7 cm)
Size: 
4.8 × 4.5 × 3.6 cm
Description

Group of sharp green metatorbernite crystals with good lustre with classic echeloned growths. Considered already a French Classic, it was acquired in 1978 by Dr. Bob Janssens, specimen #863.

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Metatorbernite

Formula: 
Cu(UO2)2(PO4)2·8H2O
Strunz: 
8.EB.10
Hardness: 
2.5
Type Locality: 
Schneeberg District, Erzgebirge, Saxony, Germany

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