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Metatorbernite Psm Uranocircite

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Metatorbernite Psm Uranocircite

Pseudomorph
Radioactive

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Description
Locality: 
Margabal Mine, Entraygues-sur-Truyère, Aveyron, Occitanie, France
Size Range: 
Small cabinet (7-10 cm)
Size: 
9.7 × 7.2 × 3.5 cm
Description

I bought this specimen as 'torbernite', but I think it is dark green metatorbernite replacing yellow uranocircite (visual ID).

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Metatorbernite

Formula: 
Cu(UO2)2(PO4)2·8H2O
Strunz: 
8.EB.10
Hardness: 
2.5
Type Locality: 
Schneeberg District, Erzgebirge, Saxony, Germany

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

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