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Schoepite

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Schoepite

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Description
Locality: 
Kővágószőlős, Mecsek Mountains, Baranya County, Hungary
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Thumbnail (1-3cm)
Size: 
2.6 × 1.7 × 0.7 cm
Description

Yellow schoepite crystals (needles) on sandstone matrix. Analyzed specimen (XRD)
Schoepite has a bright green fluorescence. From the dumps of the former uranium mine in the Mecsek mts.

Mineral Data
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Schoepite

Formula: 
(UO2)8O2(OH)12·12H2O
Strunz: 
4.GA.05
Hardness: 
2.5
Streak: 
Yellow
Type Locality: 
Shinkolobwe Mine (Kasolo Mine), Shinkolobwe, Katanga Copper Crescent, Katanga (Shaba), Democratic Republic of Congo (Zaïre)

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