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Torbernite & Corkite

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Torbernite & Corkite

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Description
Locality: 
Henneberg Quarry, Weitisberga, Saale-Orla-Kreis, Thuringia, Germany
Size Range: 
Small miniature (3-4.5 cm)
Size: 
3 × 1.7 × 1.5 cm
Description

 Torbernite and corkite crystals on matrix

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Torbernite

Formula: 
Cu(UO2)2(PO4)2·12H2O
Strunz: 
8.EB.05
Crystal System: 
Tetragonal
Hardness: 
2.0 - 2.5
Type Locality: 
Johanngeorgenstadt, Johanngeorgenstadt District, Erzgebirge, Saxony, Germany

Corkite

Formula: 
PbFe3(PO4)(SO4)(OH)6
Strunz: 
8.BL.05
Hardness: 
3.5 - 4.5
Type Locality: 
Glandore Mine (Aghatubrid Mine; Glendore Mine), Glandore, Co. Cork, Ireland