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Metaschoepite & Torbernite

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Metaschoepite & Torbernite

Ex J & D leach Collection
Radioactive

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Description
Locality: 
Mount Painter, Arkaroola Region, Flinders Ranges, South Australia, Australia
Size Range: 
Miniature (4.5-7 cm)
Size: 
3.6 × 5.2 × 4.4 cm
Description

Bright yellow metaschoepite crystals with torbernite bladesw from Mount Painter. A very good example of metaschoepite from this location.

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Metaschoepite

Formula: 
UO3·1-2H2O
Strunz: 
4.GA.05
Hardness: 
0.0
Type Locality: 
Shinkolobwe Mine (Kasolo Mine), Shinkolobwe, Katanga Copper Crescent, Katanga (Shaba), Democratic Republic of Congo (Zaïre)

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
Earthstones Australia

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