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Torbernite & Wavellite

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Torbernite & Wavellite

Arthur Flagg (1892-1961)
Radioactive

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Description
Locality: 
Inspiration, Gila County, Arizona, United States of America
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Small miniature (3-4.5 cm)
Size: 
4.1 × 3.2 × 1.9 cm
Description

Green rosettes of torbernite scattered across a finer carpet of colorless wavellite.   Old material from the Inspiration Open Pit, collected by Arizona mineral legend Arthur Flagg.

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Torbernite

Formula: 
Cu(UO2)2(PO4)2·12H2O
Strunz: 
8.EB.05
Crystal System: 
Tetragonal
Hardness: 
2.0 - 2.5
Type Locality: 
Johanngeorgenstadt, Johanngeorgenstadt District, Erzgebirge, Saxony, Germany

Wavellite

Formula: 
Al3(PO4)2(OH,F)3·5H2O
Strunz: 
8.DC.50
Hardness: 
3.5 - 4.0
Streak: 
White.
Type Locality: 
High Down Quarry, Filleigh, North Devon, Devon, England, UK

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