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Moreauite

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Locality: 
Valdeíñigos, Tejeda de Tiétar, Cáceres, Extremadura, Spain
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Miniature (4.5-7 cm)
Size: 
4.6 × 3.7 × 2.1 cm
Weight: 
23.00gr
Description

Spectacular specimen of the best quality of the world rare mineral moreauite from this small Spanish uranium deposit. Perhaps this is the only location for the moreauite in addition to the type locality in Congo D.R. Today perhaps this small Spanish site is the only one in the world that still gave specimens and this particular piece has a large size and excellent quality.

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Moreauite

Formula: 
Al3(UO2)(PO4)3(OH)2·13H2O
Strunz: 
8.ED.05
Hardness: 
0.0
Type Locality: 
Kobokobo pegmatite, Mwenga, Sud-Kivu, Democratic Republic of Congo (Zaïre)

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