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Studtite Phosphuranylite & Uranocircite

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Studtite Phosphuranylite & Uranocircite

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Description
Locality: 
Fuente Obejuna, Córdoba, Andalusia, Spain
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Thumbnail (1-3cm)
Size: 
2.8 × 1.5 × 0.5 cm
Description

Yellow SXRD and EDS confirmed phosphuranylite with EDS confirmed uranocircite and fibrous SXRD & EDS confirmed studtite on pegmatite matrix. From an old collection. 

 

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Studtite

Formula: 
[(UO2)(O2)(H2O)2]·H2O
Strunz: 
4.GA.15
Hardness: 
0.0
Type Locality: 
Shinkolobwe Mine (Kasolo Mine), Shinkolobwe, Katanga Copper Crescent, Katanga (Shaba), Democratic Republic of Congo (Zaïre)

Phosphuranylite

Formula: 
(H3O)3KCa(UO2)7(PO4)4O4·8H2O
Strunz: 
8.EC.10
Hardness: 
2.5
Type Locality: 
Buchanan Mine, Waterhole Mine, (Buchanan pegmatite), Mitchell Co., North Carolina, USA

Uranocircite

Formula: 
Ba(UO2)2(PO4)2·10H2O
Strunz: 
8.EB.05
Crystal System: 
Tetragonal
Hardness: 
2.0 - 2.5
Type Locality: 
Streuberg Quarry, Bergen, Bergen U deposit, Zobes-Bergen District, Vogtland, Saxony, Germany
Analysis
Analysis Report - only: Studtite Phosphuranylite & Uranocircite
Analysis Report - only: Studtite Phosphuranylite & Uranocircite
Analysis Report - only: Studtite Phosphuranylite & Uranocircite