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Autunite

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Autunite

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Description
Locality: 
Pend Oreille Mine, Boundary Dam, Metaline, Pend Oreille County, Washington, United States of America
Size Range: 
Small miniature (3-4.5 cm)
Size: 
3.5 × 2.5 × 1 cm
Description

Beautiful sheaves of yellowish-green blades of autunite on a small amount of matrix. Collected in the 1970's.

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Autunite

Formula: 
Ca(UO2)2(PO4)2·11H2O
Strunz: 
8.EB.05
Crystal System: 
Tetragonal
Hardness: 
2.0 - 2.5
Type Locality: 
Saint-Symphorien-de-Marmagne, Montcenis, Saône-et-Loire, Burgundy, France
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