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Thorianite Var Uranothorianite

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Thorianite Var Uranothorianite

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Description
Locality: 
Amboasary Sud, Anosy, Madagascar
Class: 
Single Crystal
Size Range: 
Micromount (under 1cm)
Size: 
0.4 × 0.3 × 0.3 cm
Description

Lustrous black crystal of thorianite, of the variety uranothorianite, with cubic habit modified by octahedral faces, from the Amboasary region, from the area between Behara and Esira.

Acquired to Paul Hibon (Hibonite) at the Sainte-Marie-Aux-Mines Show in 1973. A copy of the label will be sent with the specimen.

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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