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Autunite

A.L. Flagg
Radioactive

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Description
Locality: 
White Oak Mine, Walker Canyon, Parajito Mountains, Santa Cruz County, Arizona, United States of America
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Small miniature (3-4.5 cm)
Size: 
4.1 × 1.8 × 1.7 cm
Description

Yellow plates of autunite on matrix.   While very common on a worldwide scale, specimens from Arizona are nearly non-existant in collections.   Old material from the collection of Arizona legend Arthur Flagg (1892-1961).

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Autunite

Formula: 
Ca(UO2)2(PO4)2·11H2O
Strunz: 
8.EB.05
Crystal System: 
Tetragonal
Hardness: 
2.0 - 2.5
Type Locality: 
Saint-Symphorien-de-Marmagne, Montcenis, Saône-et-Loire, Burgundy, France

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