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Meta-autunite

Dan Behnke collection

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Locality: 
Midnite Mine, Wellpinit, Stevens County, Washington, United States of America
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Miniature (4.5-7 cm)
Size: 
5.3 × 3.4 × 1.9 cm
Description

ILLUSTRATED! You are bidding on a small miniature sample with hundreds of small meta-autunite crystals on matrix. Sample was purchased as liebigite and illustrated in Photo Atlas of Minerals 2007 edition. 5 original slides scanned and shown here. 

This sample is from the collection of Dan Behnke, long-time friend, micromounter and prodigious photographer. I am pleased to be able to offer selections from his large collection, many of which are illustrated specimens in Rocks & Minerals, The Mineralogiocal Record, Photo Atlas of Minerals and many other publications. All samples from his meticulously catalogued collection will come with his original index card with all notes, photography annotations and other pertinent information, as well as any slides Dan may have taken of the sample with publication notes and date the photo was made.

 

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What's on the rock

Meta-autunite

Formula: 
Ca(UO2)2(PO4)2· 6-8H2O
Strunz: 
8.EB.10
Hardness: 
2.0 - 2.5
Type Locality: 
Daybreak Mine (Dahl lease; Huffman lease), Mount Kit Carson, Spokane Co., Washington, USA

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