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Tyuyamunite

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Tyuyamunite

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Description
Locality: 
Ambrosia Lake, McKinley County, New Mexico, United States of America
Size Range: 
Miniature (4.5-7 cm)
Size: 
4.8 × 2.5 × 1.4 cm
Description

Bright, canary-yellow crusts of the hydrated calcium uranyl vanadate tyuyamunite richly cover the top  of this blocky limestone matrix and associated with with bright lemon yellow uranophane, on this fine specimen from the Ambrosia Lake area, Grants District, New Mexico.

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Tyuyamunite

Formula: 
Ca(UO2)2(VO4)2·5-8H2O
Strunz: 
4.HB.25
Hardness: 
1.5 - 2.0
Type Locality: 
Tyuya-Muyun Cu-V-U deposit (Radium Mine), Alai Range (Alay Range), Osh Oblast, Kyrgyzstan
Earthstones Australia

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