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Parauranophane & Uraninite Var Pitchblende

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Description
Locality: 
Mas d'Alary, Lodève, Hérault, Occitanie, France
Class: 
Crystal Group/Cluster
Size Range: 
Small cabinet (7-10 cm)
Size: 
5.5 × 7.1 × 2.5 cm
Weight: 
140.00gr
Description

Thin films of yellow parauranophane (very rare mineral!) with black uraninite variety pitchblende on stained sedimentary rock matrix from an unusual French locality. From the noted collection of Eric Quinter (1947-2024), one of the best private collections of uranium minerals in the United States! 

Posted on Mindat, Harold Moritz's Photo Gallery (Coll. #U/Th 1126)

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Parauranophane

Polymorph of: 
Formula: 
Ca(UO2)2(SiO3OH)2 · 5H2O
Strunz: 
9.AK.15
Crystal System: 
Monoclinic
Hardness: 
2½ - 3
Colour: 
Yellowish-green, yellow, brownish-yellow
Type Locality: 
Jáchymov, Karlovy Vary District, Karlovy Vary Region, Czech Republic

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

Pitchblende

Variety Of: 

Uraninite

Formula: 
UO2
Strunz: 
4.DL.05
Hardness: 
5.0 - 6.0
Formula: 
UO2
Hardness: 
0.0

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