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Pitchblende & Uranophane

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Pitchblende & Uranophane

Ex Collection Dr Böhmer (Wunsdorf, Germany)
Radioactive

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Description
Locality: 
Margnac II Mine, Compreignac, Haute-Vienne, Nouvelle-Aquitaine, France
Size Range: 
Cabinet (10-18 cm)
Size: 
12.5 × 6.7 × 6.3 cm
Description

Black massive pitchblende with greenish uranophane.

Radioactive.

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Pitchblende

Variety Of: 

Uraninite

Formula: 
UO2
Strunz: 
4.DL.05
Hardness: 
5.0 - 6.0
Formula: 
UO2
Hardness: 
0.0

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