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Phosphuranylite & Uranophane

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Phosphuranylite & Uranophane

Radioactive

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Description
Locality: 
Cunha Baixa Mine, Cunha Baixa, Mangualde, Viseu District, Portugal
Class: 
Massive/Crystalline
Size Range: 
Small miniature (3-4.5 cm)
Size: 
3.9 × 2.7 × 2.1 cm
Weight: 
32.00gr
Description

Very interesting sample of phosphuranylite and uranophane on matrix from this classic Portuguese site.

This piece comes from an old collection

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Phosphuranylite

Formula: 
(H3O)3KCa(UO2)7(PO4)4O4·8H2O
Strunz: 
8.EC.10
Hardness: 
2.5
Type Locality: 
Buchanan Mine, Waterhole Mine, (Buchanan pegmatite), Mitchell Co., North Carolina, USA

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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