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Meta-ankoleite With Metatorbernite

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Meta-ankoleite With Metatorbernite

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Description
Locality: 
Krunkelbach Valley, Menzenschwand, Baden-Württemberg, Germany
Size Range: 
Miniature (4.5-7 cm)
Size: 
4.9 × 2.2 × 2.6 cm
Description

Light yellow meta-ankoleite and green meta-torbernite on matrix

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Meta-ankoleite

Formula: 
K2(UO2)2(PO4)2·6H2O
Strunz: 
8.EB.15
Hardness: 
2.0 - 3.0
Colour: 
yellow
Type Locality: 
Mungenyi pegmatite, Ankole pegmatite field, Mbarara District, Uganda

Metatorbernite

Formula: 
Cu(UO2)2(PO4)2·8H2O
Strunz: 
8.EB.10
Hardness: 
2.5
Type Locality: 
Schneeberg District, Erzgebirge, Saxony, Germany