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Marécottite Magnesiozippeite

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Marécottite Magnesiozippeite

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Description
Locality: 
Uranus Mine, Kleinrückerswalde, Annaberg-Buchholz, Erzgebirge, Saxony, Germany
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Small miniature (3-4.5 cm)
Size: 
3 × 1.3 × 1 cm
Description

SEM-EDS & XRD confirmed marecottite with magnesiozippeite from the Uranus mine, Kleinrückerswalde, Germany. 

Comes with analysis. 

 

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Marécottite

Formula: 
Mg3(UO2)8(SO4)4O6(OH)2·28H2O
Strunz: 
7.EC.15
Crystal System: 
Triclinic
Hardness: 
3.0 - 0.0
Streak: 
colorless
Type Locality: 
La Creusa U prospect (La Creusaz U prospect), Les Marécottes, Le Trient Valley, Wallis (Valais), Switzerland

Magnesiozippeite

Formula: 
Mg(UO2)2(SO4)O2·3.5H2O
Group Parent: 
Zippeite Group
Strunz: 
7.EC.05
Crystal System: 
Monoclinic
Hardness: 
2.0
Type Locality: 
Lucky Strike No. 2 mine, San Rafael District (San Rafael Swell), Emery Co., Utah, USA