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Uranospathite & Uranophane

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Uranospathite & Uranophane

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Description
Locality: 
Menzenschwand, St Blasien, Baden-Württemberg, Germany
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Small miniature (3-4.5 cm)
Size: 
3.5 × 3.4 × 1.3 cm
Description

Deep yellow crystals of uranospathite with another vug of lighter yellow uranophane.   Small, but well crystallized.

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Uranospathite

Formula: 
(Al,☐)(UO2)2(PO4)2F·20(H2O,F)
Strunz: 
8.EB.25
Crystal System: 
Tetragonal
Hardness: 
2.0 - 2.5
Type Locality: 
Wheal Basset, Basset Mines, Carn Brea, Camborne - Redruth - St Day District, Cornwall, England, UK

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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