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Oppenheimerite & Fermiite

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Oppenheimerite & Fermiite

Type Locality
Rare Mineral

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Description
Locality: 
Blue Lizard Mine, Red Canyon, San Juan County, Utah, United States of America
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Thumbnail (1-3cm)
Size: 
1.5 × 1 × 1 cm
Description

Good and very rare sample with  yellow very tiny crystals of oppenheirmerite  (IMA 2014-073) associated with more greenish crystals of fermiite (IMA 2014-068) both are two extremely rare uranium minerals coming from the Blue Lizard Mine wich is the type and only locality. 

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Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Oppenheimerite

Formula: 
Na2(UO2)(SO4)2·3H2O
Crystal System: 
Triclinic
Type Locality: 
Blue Lizard Mine, San Juan County, Utah, USA

Fermiite

Formula: 
Na4(UO2)(SO4)3·3H2O
Crystal System: 
Orthorhombic
Type Locality: 
Blue Lizard Mine, San Juan County, Utah, USA

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