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Clarkeite & Uraninite

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Clarkeite & Uraninite

Dave Wilbur
Radioactive

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Description
Locality: 
Spruce Pine, Mitchell County, North Carolina, United States of America
Class: 
Massive/Crystalline
Size Range: 
Miniature (4.5-7 cm)
Size: 
4.6 × 4.2 × 3 cm
Description

A rich specimen of orange clarkeite (in "gummite") with black uraninite, though the exact mine is unknown, this is from the district in which the type locality lies.   This specimen was recently deaquisitioned from the radioactive mineral collection of the legendary Dave Wilbur.

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Clarkeite

Formula: 
(Na,Ca,Pb)(UO2)O(OH)·0-1H2O
Strunz: 
4.GC.05
Hardness: 
4.0 - 4.5
Type Locality: 
Deer Park No. 2 Mine, Penland, Spruce Pine District, Mitchell Co., North Carolina, USA

Uraninite

Formula: 
UO2
Strunz: 
4.DL.05
Crystal System: 
Isometric
Hardness: 
5.0 - 6.0
Type Locality: 
Jáchymov (St Joachimsthal), Jáchymov District (St Joachimsthal), Krušné Hory Mts (Erzgebirge), Karlovy Vary Region, Bohemia (Böhmen; Boehmen), Czech Republic

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