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Pitchblende & Meta-autunite

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Pitchblende & Meta-autunite

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Description
Locality: 
Schirmberg, Schirmdorf, Altendorf, Upper Palatinate, Bavaria, Germany
Class: 
Massive/Crystalline
Size Range: 
Thumbnail (1-3cm)
Size: 
2.5 × 1 × 0.7 cm
Description

pitchblende and metaautunite on matrix

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Pitchblende

Variety Of: 

Uraninite

Formula: 
UO2
Strunz: 
4.DL.05
Hardness: 
5.0 - 6.0
Formula: 
UO2
Hardness: 
0.0

Meta-autunite

Formula: 
Ca(UO2)2(PO4)2· 6-8H2O
Strunz: 
8.EB.10
Hardness: 
2.0 - 2.5
Type Locality: 
Daybreak Mine (Dahl lease; Huffman lease), Mount Kit Carson, Spokane Co., Washington, USA