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Sengierite Carnotite Tyuyamunite & Autunite

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Sengierite Carnotite Tyuyamunite & Autunite

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Description
Locality: 
Huemul Mine, Pampa Amarilla, Malargüe Department, Mendoza, Argentina
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Miniature (4.5-7 cm)
Size: 
5.7 × 3.7 × 2.5 cm
Description

as the attached label says, a mixture of these 4 uranium specie in green-yellow crystals on matrix

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Sengierite

Formula: 
Cu2(UO2)2(VO4)2·6H2O
Strunz: 
4.HB.10
Hardness: 
2.5
Type Locality: 
Luiswishi Mine, Lubumbashi (Elizabethville), Katanga Copper Crescent, Katanga (Shaba), Democratic Republic of Congo (Zaïre)

Carnotite

Formula: 
K2(UO2)2(VO4)2·3H2O
Strunz: 
4.HB.05
Crystal System: 
Monoclinic
Hardness: 
2.0
Type Locality: 
Rajah Mine, Uravan District, Montrose Co., Colorado, USA

Tyuyamunite

Formula: 
Ca(UO2)2(VO4)2·5-8H2O
Strunz: 
4.HB.25
Hardness: 
1.5 - 2.0
Type Locality: 
Tyuya-Muyun Cu-V-U deposit (Radium Mine), Alai Range (Alay Range), Osh Oblast, Kyrgyzstan

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