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Thorite

Radioactive

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Description
Locality: 
Hodgkinson Prospect, Paralana Hotsprings, Arkaroola, Flinders Ranges, South Australia, Australia
Size Range: 
Thumbnail (1-3cm)
Size: 
1.6 × 1.5 × 2 cm
Description

A dense dark red brown mass of thorite from the Paralana Hotsprings in the northern Flinders Ranges of South Australia.

Oldtime specimen from the Fred McGredy collection #363

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Thorite

Formula: 
(Th,U)SiO4
Strunz: 
9.AD.30
Crystal System: 
Tetragonal
Hardness: 
4.5
Type Locality: 
The Thorite Hole, Løvøya (Løvø; Lövö; Lövöe), Langesundsfjorden, Porsgrunn, Telemark, Norway
Earthstones Australia

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