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Uranophane & Autunite

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JYJ64411

Uranophane & Autunite

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Description
Locality: 
Grafton, Grafton County, New Hampshire, United States of America
Size Range: 
Small cabinet (7-10 cm)
Size: 
9 × 4.5 × 3 cm
Description

I couldn´t identify this mineral. The label says something like uranophane or autunite. For me it looks more like autunite than uranophane.

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

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

Autunite

Formula: 
Ca(UO2)2(PO4)2·11H2O
Strunz: 
8.EB.05
Crystal System: 
Tetragonal
Hardness: 
2.0 - 2.5
Type Locality: 
Saint-Symphorien-de-Marmagne, Montcenis, Saône-et-Loire, Burgundy, France