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Uranophane

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Uranophane

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Description
Locality: 
Madawaska Mine, Faraday Township, Hastings County, Ontario, Canada
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Small miniature (3-4.5 cm)
Size: 
3 × 3 × 2 cm
Description

Pale yellow crystal tufts of uranophane on dark matrix. Good specimen!

Together with the sample will also come the previous label (see photo) which shows the original name of the concession, subsequently changed to Madawaska mine.

..."started in 1954 by Faraday Uranium Mines Ltd.... Mining operations were resumed in 1975 by Madawaska Mines Ltd"

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Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Uranophane

Formula: 
Ca(UO2)2[HSiO4]2·5H2O
Strunz: 
9.AK.15
Crystal System: 
Monoclinic
Hardness: 
2.0 - 3.0
Type Locality: 
Miedzianka (Kupferberg), Jelenia Góra District, Rudawy Janowickie Mts, Lower Silesia (Dolnośląskie), Poland

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