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Uranophane

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Uranophane

Radioactive

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Description
Locality: 
Madawaska Mine, Faraday Township, Hastings County, Ontario, Canada
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Small miniature (3-4.5 cm)
Size: 
4 × 4.1 × 3.5 cm
Description

Beautiful, electric yellow sprays of uranophane needles from one of the world's great localities for the species.   Attractive in hand and under magnification.

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Uranophane

Formula: 
Ca(UO2)2[HSiO4]2·5H2O
Strunz: 
9.AK.15
Crystal System: 
Monoclinic
Hardness: 
2.0 - 3.0
Type Locality: 
Miedzianka (Kupferberg), Jelenia Góra District, Rudawy Janowickie Mts, Lower Silesia (Dolnośląskie), Poland

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