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Autunite

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Description
Locality: 
Musigati, Bubanza Province, Burundi
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Miniature (4.5-7 cm)
Size: 
6.1 × 4.8 × 3 cm
Description

Rare locality specimen of yellow autunite on an altered coarse pinkish granite-pegmatite matrix from Musigati. Detailed information of this remote locality can be found in Gehrisch & Chaigne (1983). The sample was collected in 1965 by Professor A. Delvaux (1919-1998). Ex. A. Delvaux collection.

Gehrisch, W.; Chaigne, M. (1983). International Uranium Resources Evaluation Project (IUREP) orientation phase mission report: Republic of Burundi. 124pp.

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Autunite

Formula: 
Ca(UO2)2(PO4)2·11H2O
Strunz: 
8.EB.05
Crystal System: 
Tetragonal
Hardness: 
2.0 - 2.5
Type Locality: 
Saint-Symphorien-de-Marmagne, Montcenis, Saône-et-Loire, Burgundy, France

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