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Parauranophane

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Description
Locality: 
Rössing Uranium Mine, Arandis, Erongo Region, Namibia
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Small miniature (3-4.5 cm)
Size: 
3.3 × 2.8 × 1.7 cm
Description

Thick prismatic parauranopjhane from the Rössing uranium mine, Erongo, Namibia on matrix. 

Ex Luc Vandenberghe collection and specimen. 

 

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Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Parauranophane

Polymorph of: 
Formula: 
Ca(UO2)2(SiO3OH)2 · 5H2O
Strunz: 
9.AK.15
Crystal System: 
Monoclinic
Hardness: 
2½ - 3
Colour: 
Yellowish-green, yellow, brownish-yellow
Type Locality: 
Jáchymov, Karlovy Vary District, Karlovy Vary Region, Czech Republic