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Thorianite Var Uranothorianite

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Thorianite Var Uranothorianite

Radioactive

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Description
Locality: 
Amboasary Sud, Anosy, Madagascar
Class: 
Single Crystal
Size Range: 
Micromount (under 1cm)
Size: 
0.5 × 0.5 × 0.5 cm
Description

Black cubic crystal of U-bearing thorianite (Uranothorianite) from the Amboasary region, exactly from the area between Behara and Esira.

Acquired to Paul Hibon at the Sainte-Marie-Aux-Mines Show in 1973. Ex. René Virlet specimen.

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Thorianite

Formula: 
ThO2
Strunz: 
4.DL.05
Hardness: 
6.5 - 7.0
Type Locality: 
Balangoda, Ratnapura District, Sabaragamuwa Province, Sri Lanka

Uranothorianite

Variety Of: 

Thorianite

Formula: 
ThO2
Strunz: 
4.DL.05
Hardness: 
6.5 - 7.0
Formula: 
(Th,U)O2
Hardness: 
0.0

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