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Sklodowskite & Gypsum

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Sklodowskite & Gypsum

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Description
Locality: 
Plaka Mines, Plaka, Lavrion District, Attiki Prefecture, Greece
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Cabinet (10-18 cm)
Size: 
11.8 × 10.2 × 6 cm
Description

This is a superb, large and rich example of sklodowskite from Lavrion. This material was found in one pocket is the only example of a uranium mineral from Lavrion with fine form. This particular specimen hosts excellent sklodowskites mostly on but also included in the gypsum!

ex Konstantinos Papaspyropoulos collection.

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Sklodowskite

Formula: 
Mg(UO2)2[HSiO4]2·5H2O
Strunz: 
9.AK.10
Hardness: 
2.0 - 3.0
Streak: 
Yellow
Type Locality: 
Shinkolobwe Mine (Kasolo Mine), Shinkolobwe, Katanga Copper Crescent, Katanga (Shaba), Democratic Republic of Congo (Zaïre)

Gypsum

Formula: 
CaSO4·2H2O
Strunz: 
7.CD.40
Hardness: 
2.0
Streak: 
White.

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