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Schröckingerite On Uraninite

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Schröckingerite On Uraninite

Ex. Eric Quinter Collection
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Description
Locality: 
Johanngeorgenstadt, Erzgebirge, Saxony, Germany
Class: 
Combination
Size Range: 
Miniature (4.5-7 cm)
Size: 
4.5 × 4.8 × 1.7 cm
Weight: 
99.00gr
Description

Choice and rare specimen of microcrystalline masses of pale yellow schroeckingerite on black massive uraninite matrix from this classic and very uncommon German locality! Very "hot" at over 100,000 CPM on my Ludlum Model 3 Counter. From the noted collection of Eric Quinter (1947-2024), one of the best private collections of uranium minerals in the United States! 

Posted on Mindat, Harold Moritz's Photo Gallery (Coll. #U/Th 0700)

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Schröckingerite

Formula: 
NaCa3(UO2)(CO3)3(SO4)F·10H2O
Strunz: 
5.EG.05
Crystal System: 
Orthorhombic
Hardness: 
2.5
Type Locality: 
Svornost Mine (Einigkeit Mine), Jáchymov (St Joachimsthal), Jáchymov District (St Joachimsthal), Krušné Hory Mts (Erzgebirge), Karlovy Vary Region, Bohemia (Böhmen; Boehmen), Czech Republic

Uraninite

Formula: 
UO2
Strunz: 
4.DL.05
Crystal System: 
Isometric
Hardness: 
5.0 - 6.0
Type Locality: 
Jáchymov (St Joachimsthal), Jáchymov District (St Joachimsthal), Krušné Hory Mts (Erzgebirge), Karlovy Vary Region, Bohemia (Böhmen; Boehmen), Czech Republic

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