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Saléeite & Muscovite

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Saléeite & Muscovite

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Description
Locality: 
Tietze Dam, Olary Province, South Australia, Australia
Size Range: 
Miniature (4.5-7 cm)
Size: 
5.5 × 3 × 1.1 cm
Description

Micro grains of uraninte have formed between the blades of a silvery green book of muscovite crystals. On the book edges the uraninite has altered to and provided the material for bright yellow platelets of saleeite

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Saléeite

Formula: 
Mg(UO2)2(PO4)2·10H2O
Strunz: 
8.EB.05
Hardness: 
2.0 - 3.0
Type Locality: 
Weißer Hirsch Mine (Shaft 3), Neustädtel, Schneeberg District, Erzgebirge, Saxony, Germany

Muscovite

Formula: 
KAl2(AlSi3O10)(OH)2
Strunz: 
9.EC.15
Hardness: 
2.5
Streak: 
White
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