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Uranocircite & Phosphuranylite

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Uranocircite & Phosphuranylite

Radioactive

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Description
Locality: 
Dieresis Mine, El Cabril, Sierra Albarrana, Córdoba, Andalusia, Spain
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Miniature (4.5-7 cm)
Size: 
5.5 × 3.8 × 2.5 cm
Weight: 
50.00gr
Description

Interesting laminar crystals of uranocircite and phosphuranylite on an orthoclase matrix from this famous Spanish deposit. Uranocircite is fluorescent under the action of long wave ultraviolet light as can be seen in the last 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

Phosphuranylite

Formula: 
(H3O)3KCa(UO2)7(PO4)4O4·8H2O
Strunz: 
8.EC.10
Hardness: 
2.5
Type Locality: 
Buchanan Mine, Waterhole Mine, (Buchanan pegmatite), Mitchell Co., North Carolina, USA

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