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Graftonite & Uraninite

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Graftonite & Uraninite

ex Americo Urbinati collection

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Description
Locality: 
Piona Peninsula, Colico, Lecco Province, Lombardy, Italy
Class: 
Massive/Crystalline
Size Range: 
Small miniature (3-4.5 cm)
Size: 
3.4 × 1.9 × 1.1 cm
Description

a salmon pink nodule of graftonite hosting a black uraninite crystal

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Graftonite

Formula: 
(Fe2+,Mn2+,Ca)3(PO4)2
Strunz: 
8.AB.20
Hardness: 
5.0
Type Locality: 
Melvin Mountain, Grafton, Grafton Co., New Hampshire, USA

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