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Autunite Zircon Var Cyrtolite Uraninite Uranophane

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Autunite Zircon Var Cyrtolite Uraninite Uranophane

Ex. Chet Lemanski Collection
Radioactive

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Description
Locality: 
Ruggles Mine, Grafton, Grafton County, New Hampshire, United States of America
Class: 
Mixed Specimens
Size Range: 
Cabinet (10-18 cm)
Size: 
10.3 × 9.6 × 6.3 cm
Weight: 
1 150.00gr
Description

Excellent and LARGE specimen of abundant autunite and uranophane on a matrix of greenish fluorapatite and white microcline from the famous Ruggles mine in New Hampshire, USA. A great fluorescent combination with moderate yellow-orange fluorescent apatite and brilliant green fluorescing uranium minerals. Measures ~75,000 CPM on my Ludlum Model 3 counter with the 44-9 probe. Ex. Chet Lemanski collection. Rare! 

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Autunite

Formula: 
Ca(UO2)2(PO4)2·11H2O
Strunz: 
8.EB.05
Crystal System: 
Tetragonal
Hardness: 
2.0 - 2.5
Type Locality: 
Saint-Symphorien-de-Marmagne, Montcenis, Saône-et-Loire, Burgundy, France

Zircon

Formula: 
ZrSiO4
Strunz: 
9.AD.30
Crystal System: 
Tetragonal
Hardness: 
7.5
Streak: 
White

Cyrtolite

Variety Of: 

Zircon

Formula: 
ZrSiO4
Strunz: 
9.AD.30
Hardness: 
7.5
Formula: 
Zr[(SiO4),(OH)4]
Hardness: 
0.0

Uraninite

Formula: 
UO2
Strunz: 
4.DL.05
Crystal System: 
Isometric
Hardness: 
5.0 - 6.0
Type Locality: 
Jáchymov (St Joachimsthal), Jáchymov District (St Joachimsthal), Krušné Hory Mts (Erzgebirge), Karlovy Vary Region, Bohemia (Böhmen; Boehmen), Czech Republic

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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