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Uranophane

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Uranophane

With Antique Label

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Description
Locality: 
Lusk, Niobrara County, Wyoming, United States of America
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Miniature (4.5-7 cm)
Size: 
6.3 × 4 × 3 cm
Description

A piece of sandstone richly cemented by U-rich species such as yellow uranophane and probably green metatorbernite from a Classic locality: Lusk (Wyoming). With three original labels, one handwritten with the Ennio Contarini #4028 on it. According to Wilson, W.E (2018): “Mineralogical Record Biographical Archive” the oldest “Lambertite” one from “Ward's Natural Science Rochester NY” dates back to 1915-1925.

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Uranophane

Formula: 
Ca(UO2)2[HSiO4]2·5H2O
Strunz: 
9.AK.15
Crystal System: 
Monoclinic
Hardness: 
2.0 - 3.0
Type Locality: 
Miedzianka (Kupferberg), Jelenia Góra District, Rudawy Janowickie Mts, Lower Silesia (Dolnośląskie), Poland

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