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Uranocircite

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Uranocircite

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Description
Locality: 
Dieresis Mine, El Cabril, Sierra Albarrana, Córdoba, Andalusia, Spain
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Thumbnail (1-3cm)
Size: 
2.8 × 1.8 × 1 cm
Weight: 
5.00gr
Description

Interesting laminar crystals of uranocircite on an orthoclase matrix from this famous Spanish deposit. The mineral is fluorescent under the action of long wave ultraviolet light as can be seen in the first photo.

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Uranocircite

Formula: 
Ba(UO2)2(PO4)2·10H2O
Strunz: 
8.EB.05
Crystal System: 
Tetragonal
Hardness: 
2.0 - 2.5
Type Locality: 
Streuberg Quarry, Bergen, Bergen U deposit, Zobes-Bergen District, Vogtland, Saxony, Germany

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