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Leesite

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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: 
2.4 × 1.9 × 1 cm
Description

Platelets of yellow-orange analysed leesite with SEM-EDS confirmed acicular yellow sklodowskite that partly is overgrown by gypsum. The powdery white mineral filling the cracks is felsöbanyaite (P-XRD conf.). 

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Leesite

Formula: 
K(H2O)2[(UO2)4O2(OH)5]·3H2O
Crystal System: 
Orthorhombic
Colour: 
Yellow-orange
Type Locality: 
Jomac Mine, White Canyon, White Canyon District, San Juan Co., Utah, USA