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Dewindtite & Baryte

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Dewindtite & Baryte

Radioactive

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Description
Locality: 
Krunkelbach Valley, Menzenschwand, Baden-Württemberg, Germany
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Miniature (4.5-7 cm)
Size: 
3.5 × 5.6 × 3.9 cm
Weight: 
114.00gr
Description

Here we have a beautiful specimen of bright yellow, elongated crystallized Dewindtite, tabular honey yellow and transparent Barite, and light green Meta-Torbernite.
A super great example from the former uranium mining in the Krunkelbachtal near Menzenschwand.

The specified weight includes the Jousi box.

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Baryte

Formula: 
BaSO4
Strunz: 
7.AD.35
Hardness: 
3.0 - 3.5
Streak: 
White

Dewindtite

Formula: 
H2Pb3(UO2)2(PO4)4O4·12H2O
Strunz: 
8.EC.10
Crystal System: 
Orthorhombic
Hardness: 
0.0
Type Locality: 
Shinkolobwe Mine (Kasolo Mine), Shinkolobwe, Katanga Copper Crescent, Katanga (Shaba), Democratic Republic of Congo (Zaïre)