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Clausthalite Uraninite

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ZSO920573

Clausthalite Uraninite

Radioactive

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Description
Locality: 
Kővágószőlős, Mecsek Mountains, Baranya County, Hungary
Class: 
Massive/Crystalline
Size Range: 
Thumbnail (1-3cm)
Size: 
2.3 × 2 × 1 cm
Description

Metallic grey clausthalite-galena with black uraninite inclusions in uranium rich sandstone.

A small old uranium ore collection was found. The ore samples were collected by a former uranium geologist in between 1980 and 2001.
Thanks to this recently discovered collection of a few pieces, many new species have been described from the locality. This rarity is one of them.

XRD & EDX confirmed

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Clausthalite

Formula: 
PbSe
Strunz: 
2.CD.10
Hardness: 
2.5 - 3.0
Type Locality: 
St Lorenz Mine, Burgstatt veins, Clausthal-Zellerfeld, Harz, Lower Saxony, Germany

Uraninite

Formula: 
UO2
Strunz: 
4.DL.05
Crystal System: 
Isometric
Hardness: 
5.0 - 6.0
Type Locality: 
Jáchymov (St Joachimsthal), Jáchymov District (St Joachimsthal), Krušné Hory Mts (Erzgebirge), Karlovy Vary Region, Bohemia (Böhmen; Boehmen), Czech Republic

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