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Zeunerite & Scorodite

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Zeunerite & Scorodite

Radioactive

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Description
Locality: 
Grand View Mine, Grand Canyon, Coconino County, Arizona, United States of America
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Miniature (4.5-7 cm)
Size: 
4.6 × 4 × 1.6 cm
Description

A few green crystals of zeunerite with tiny aggregates of scorodite crystals on sandstone matrix.   Rare material from deep within the Grand Canyon.

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Zeunerite

Formula: 
Cu(UO2)2(AsO4)2·12H2O
Strunz: 
8.EB.05
Crystal System: 
Tetragonal
Hardness: 
2.5
Type Locality: 
Walpurgis Flacher vein, Weißer Hirsch Mine (Shaft 3), Neustädtel, Schneeberg District, Erzgebirge, Saxony, Germany

Scorodite

Formula: 
Fe3+AsO4·2H2O
Strunz: 
8.CD.10
Crystal System: 
Orthorhombic
Hardness: 
3.5 - 4.0
Type Locality: 
Stamm Asser Mine, Graul, Langenberg, Schwarzenberg District, Erzgebirge, Saxony, Germany

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