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Uranocircite & Vandendriesscheite

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Uranocircite & Vandendriesscheite

Radioactive

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Description
Locality: 
Krunkelbach Valley, Menzenschwand, Baden-Württemberg, Germany
Size Range: 
Small miniature (3-4.5 cm)
Size: 
3.5 × 2.5 × 2.2 cm
Description

Green uranocircite crystals with one small orange vandendriesscheite.

Naturally Radioactive.

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Uranocircite

Formula: 
Ba(UO2)2(PO4)2·10H2O
Strunz: 
8.EB.05
Crystal System: 
Tetragonal
Hardness: 
2.0 - 2.5
Type Locality: 
Streuberg Quarry, Bergen, Bergen U deposit, Zobes-Bergen District, Vogtland, Saxony, Germany

Vandendriesscheite

Formula: 
PbU7O22·12H2O
Strunz: 
4.GB.40
Hardness: 
3.0
Type Locality: 
Shinkolobwe Mine (Kasolo Mine), Shinkolobwe, Katanga Copper Crescent, Katanga (Shaba), Democratic Republic of Congo (Zaïre)