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Natrozippeite & Coffinite

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Description
Locality: 
Ambrosia Lake, McKinley County, New Mexico, United States of America
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Small cabinet (7-10 cm)
Size: 
5.2 × 7.8 × 1.8 cm
Weight: 
75.00gr
Description

Very rich specimen of brilliant-yellow (and yellow-fluorescent) microcrystalline aggregates of natrozippeite with colorless gypsum on black coffinite impregnated sandstone from this classic and famous Utah locality! Great one for this mine! 

Posted on Mindat, Harold Moritz's Photo Gallery (Coll. #U/Th 0014)

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Natrozippeite

Formula: 
Na5(UO2)8(SO4)4O5(OH)3·12H2O
Group Parent: 
Zippeite Group
Strunz: 
7.EC.05
Crystal System: 
Tetragonal
Hardness: 
5.0 - 5.5
Streak: 
yellow
Type Locality: 
Happy Jack Mine (Blue Dike Mine), Copper Point, White Canyon, White Canyon District, San Juan Co., Utah, USA

Coffinite

Formula: 
(U4+,Th)(SiO4)1-x(OH)4x
Strunz: 
9.AD.30
Hardness: 
5.0 - 6.0
Type Locality: 
La Sal No. 2 Mine, Beaver Mesa, Mesa Co., Colorado, USA

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