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Zippeite & Antlerite

Charles Trantham Estate (1936-2020)
Radioactive

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Description
Locality: 
Hideout Mine, Deer Flat, San Juan County, Utah, United States of America
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Thumbnail (1-3cm)
Size: 
2.2 × 1.7 × 1.3 cm
Description

Electric yellow crystalline masses of zippeite on contrasting green antlerite.   A beautiful combination, collected by Joe Marty on Sept 5, 2012.

From the estate of noted California dealer and collecter Charles Trantham, who was known to frequent the field with the likes of Al McGuinness and Jack Parnau.

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Zippeite

Formula: 
K3(UO2)4(SO4)2O3(OH)·3H2O
Group Parent: 
Zippeite Group
Strunz: 
7.EC.05
Crystal System: 
Monoclinic
Hardness: 
2.0
Type Locality: 
Elias Mine, Jáchymov (St Joachimsthal), Jáchymov District (St Joachimsthal), Krušné Hory Mts (Erzgebirge), Karlovy Vary Region, Bohemia (Böhmen; Boehmen), Czech Republic

Antlerite

Formula: 
Cu3(SO4)(OH)4
Strunz: 
7.BB.15
Crystal System: 
Orthorhombic - Dipyramidal
Hardness: 
3.5
Type Locality: 
Antler Mine (Antler Gold Mine; Spuyten Duyvel Mine), Arrastra Mt., Hualapai District, Hualapai (Hualpai) Mts, Mohave Co., Arizona, USA

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