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Autunite & Torbernite

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Autunite & Torbernite

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Description
Locality: 
Assunção Mine, Aldeia Nova, Sátão, Viseu District, Portugal
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Museum (18cm plus)
Size: 
18.5 × 9 × 5.2 cm
Weight: 
592.00gr
Description

Spectacular and very aesthetic specimen of autunite and torbernite on smoky quartz from this classic Portuguese site. This classic really is a museum piece.

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Autunite

Formula: 
Ca(UO2)2(PO4)2·11H2O
Strunz: 
8.EB.05
Crystal System: 
Tetragonal
Hardness: 
2.0 - 2.5
Type Locality: 
Saint-Symphorien-de-Marmagne, Montcenis, Saône-et-Loire, Burgundy, France

Torbernite

Formula: 
Cu(UO2)2(PO4)2·12H2O
Strunz: 
8.EB.05
Crystal System: 
Tetragonal
Hardness: 
2.0 - 2.5
Type Locality: 
Johanngeorgenstadt, Johanngeorgenstadt District, Erzgebirge, Saxony, Germany

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