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Metanováčekite & Schorl

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Metanováčekite & Schorl

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Description
Locality: 
Erongo Mountains, Karibib, Erongo Region, Namibia
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Small miniature (3-4.5 cm)
Size: 
3.3 × 2 × 1.8 cm
Description

Strange elongated crystals of Novacekite on a matrix of crystalline Schorl.   Quite unusual!

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Metanováčekite

Formula: 
Mg(UO2)2(AsO4)2·4-8H2O
Strunz: 
8.EB.10
Hardness: 
2.5
Colour: 
yellow
Type Locality: 
Anton Mine (St. Anton Mine), Heubach Valley, Wittichen, Schenkenzell, Black Forest, Baden-Württemberg, Germany

Schorl

Formula: 
Na(Fe2+3)Al6(Si6O18)(BO3)3(OH)3(OH)
Strunz: 
9.CK.05
Hardness: 
7.0

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