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Arsenovanmeersscheite Uranophane & Rutherfordine

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Arsenovanmeersscheite Uranophane & Rutherfordine

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Description
Locality: 
Menzenschwand, St Blasien, Baden-Württemberg, Germany
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Thumbnail (1-3cm)
Size: 
2 × 1.4 × 1.2 cm
Description

SEM-EDS confirmed assemblage of silky fibrous uranophane, with yellow rutherfordine below and irregular arsenovanmeerscheite. Minor zeunerite present too. 

 

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Arsenovanmeersscheite

Formula: 
U4+(UO2)3(AsO4)2(OH)2·4H2O
Strunz: 
8.EC.20
Hardness: 
0.0
Type Locality: 
Krunkelbach Valley Uranium deposit, Menzenschwand, Black Forest, Baden-Württemberg, Germany

Uranophane

Formula: 
Ca(UO2)2[HSiO4]2·5H2O
Strunz: 
9.AK.15
Crystal System: 
Monoclinic
Hardness: 
2.0 - 3.0
Type Locality: 
Miedzianka (Kupferberg), Jelenia Góra District, Rudawy Janowickie Mts, Lower Silesia (Dolnośląskie), Poland

Rutherfordine

Formula: 
(UO2)CO3
Strunz: 
5.EB.05
Crystal System: 
Orthorhombic
Hardness: 
0.0
Streak: 
White
Type Locality: 
Lukwengule, Uluguru Mts (Uruguru Mts), Morogoro Region, Tanzania
Analysis
Analysis Report - only: Arsenovanmeersscheite Uranophane & Rutherfordine
Analysis Report - only: Arsenovanmeersscheite Uranophane & Rutherfordine