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Soddyite & Uranophane

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Soddyite & Uranophane

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Description
Locality: 
Nopal #1 Mine, Sierra Peña Blanca, Aldama Municipality, Chihuahua, Mexico
Size Range: 
Small cabinet (7-10 cm)
Size: 
7 × 4.8 × 5 cm
Description

Soddyite and uranophane on matrix

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Soddyite

Formula: 
(UO2)2SiO4·2H2O
Strunz: 
9.AK.05
Hardness: 
3.0 - 4.0
Type Locality: 
Shinkolobwe Mine (Kasolo Mine), Shinkolobwe, Katanga Copper Crescent, Katanga (Shaba), Democratic Republic of Congo (Zaïre)

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