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Carnotite & Weeksite

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Carnotite & Weeksite

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Description
Locality: 
Anderson Mine, Date Creek Basin, Yavapai County, Arizona, United States of America
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Thumbnail (1-3cm)
Size: 
2.5 × 2.1 × 1.7 cm
Description

Exceptional crystals of carnotite with electric yellow sprays of weeksite in association.    The Anderson Mine is one of the world's great localities for crystalline carnotite, exceeded perhaps only by specimens from the Congo.

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Carnotite

Formula: 
K2(UO2)2(VO4)2·3H2O
Strunz: 
4.HB.05
Crystal System: 
Monoclinic
Hardness: 
2.0
Type Locality: 
Rajah Mine, Uravan District, Montrose Co., Colorado, USA

Weeksite

Formula: 
K2(UO2)2(Si5O13)·4H2O
Strunz: 
9.AK.30
Hardness: 
1.0 - 2.0
Colour: 
Yellow
Type Locality: 
Autunite No. 8 claim, Topaz Mountain, Thomas Range, Juab Co., Utah, USA

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