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Boltwoodite & Rutherfordine

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Boltwoodite & Rutherfordine

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Description
Locality: 
New Method Mine, Amboy, San Bernardino County, California, United States of America
Class: 
Combination
Size Range: 
Miniature (4.5-7 cm)
Size: 
2.2 × 6 × 2.7 cm
Description

Sprays of yellow boltwoodite crystals with beige coloured rutherfordine crystals on matrix

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Boltwoodite

Formula: 
(K,Na)(UO2)[HSiO4]·0.5H2O
Strunz: 
9.AK.15
Crystal System: 
Monoclinic
Hardness: 
3.5 - 4.0
Streak: 
White
Type Locality: 
Pick's Delta Mine (Delta Mine; Pick's Mine), Delta, San Rafael District (San Rafael Swell), Emery Co., Utah, USA...

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