Moving mountains for you
Switch currency

Current Live Auctions

Current Live Fixed Price Sales

Ianthinite Schoepite & Metauranocircite-I

Views:
Watches:
SCH67637

Ianthinite Schoepite & Metauranocircite-I

Description Tabs

Description
Locality: 
Krunkelbach Valley, Menzenschwand, Baden-Württemberg, Germany
Size Range: 
Small miniature (3-4.5 cm)
Size: 
3.4 × 2.8 × 2.2 cm
Description

Partially altered Ianthinite needles into yellow schoepite with tabular deep yellow metauranocircite crystals scattered through the matrix.

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Ianthinite

Formula: 
U4+(UO2)5O7·10H2O
Strunz: 
4.GA.10
Crystal System: 
Orthorhombic
Hardness: 
2.0 - 3.0
Type Locality: 
Shinkolobwe Mine (Kasolo Mine), Shinkolobwe, Katanga Copper Crescent, Katanga (Shaba), Democratic Republic of Congo (Zaïre)

Schoepite

Formula: 
(UO2)8O2(OH)12·12H2O
Strunz: 
4.GA.05
Hardness: 
2.5
Streak: 
Yellow
Type Locality: 
Shinkolobwe Mine (Kasolo Mine), Shinkolobwe, Katanga Copper Crescent, Katanga (Shaba), Democratic Republic of Congo (Zaïre)

Metauranocircite-I

Formula: 
Ba(UO2)2(PO4)2·7H2O
Strunz: 
8.EB.10
Hardness: 
2.0 - 2.5
Type Locality: 
Krunkelbach Valley Uranium deposit, Menzenschwand, Black Forest, Baden-Württemberg, Germany
schani

Seller Information

Payment options: offline, paypal_wpp, paypal_wps