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Uranophane

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Uranophane

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Description
Locality: 
Ojuela Mine, Mapimi, Durango, Mexico
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Miniature (4.5-7 cm)
Size: 
4.5 × 1.9 × 0.9 cm
Weight: 
7.00gr
Description

Group of acicular yellow uranophane crystals on a matrix in which there are some small crystals that may be cerussite.
According to the previous owner, this sample was analyzed by Dr. Marcus Oliglieri from the University of Tucson, Arizona, USA, in 2015.
Label is attached.

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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