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Tyuyamunite

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Tyuyamunite

Radioactive

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Description
Locality: 
Santa Eulalia, Aquiles Serdán Municipality, Chihuahua, Mexico
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Museum (18cm plus)
Size: 
18.2 × 9.8 × 6.5 cm
Weight: 
490.00gr
Description

Great specimen of Tyuyamunite covering acicular crystals of calcite on matrix from this classic Mexican site.
This piece comes from an old collection.
Tyuyamunite is fluorescent under ultraviolet light as can be seen in the last photos.

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Tyuyamunite

Formula: 
Ca(UO2)2(VO4)2·5-8H2O
Strunz: 
4.HB.25
Hardness: 
1.5 - 2.0
Type Locality: 
Tyuya-Muyun Cu-V-U deposit (Radium Mine), Alai Range (Alay Range), Osh Oblast, Kyrgyzstan

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