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Blatonite Mbobomkulite & Uranopilite

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Blatonite Mbobomkulite & Uranopilite

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Description
Locality: 
Jomac Mine, White Canyon, San Juan County, Utah, United States of America
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Thumbnail (1-3cm)
Size: 
2.1 × 1.2 × 1 cm
Description

You are bidding on a small sample with a single small, silky prism of blatonite, with yellow masses and balls of uranopilite, and a large area of light blue, botryoidal mbobomkulite. 

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Blatonite

Formula: 
(UO2)CO3·H2O
Strunz: 
5.EB.10
Crystal System: 
Hexagonal
Hardness: 
2.0 - 3.0
Streak: 
White
Type Locality: 
Jomac Mine, White Canyon, White Canyon District, San Juan Co., Utah, USA

Mbobomkulite

Formula: 
(Ni,Cu)Al4((NO3)2,SO4)(OH)12·3H2O
Strunz: 
5.ND.10
Hardness: 
0.0
Type Locality: 
Mbobo Mkulu Cave, Nelspruit, Ehlanzeni District, Mpumalanga Province, South Africa

Uranopilite

Formula: 
(UO2)6(SO4)O2(OH)6·14H2O
Strunz: 
7.EA.05
Crystal System: 
Monoclinic
Hardness: 
0.0
Type Locality: 
Jáchymov (St Joachimsthal), Jáchymov District (St Joachimsthal), Krušné Hory Mts (Erzgebirge), Karlovy Vary Region, Bohemia (Böhmen; Boehmen), Czech Republic

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