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Bobfinchite

About

Named in honour of Robert Finch (b. 1958), an expert in the area of nuclear waste at Sandia National Laboratories, New Mexico, USA and a crystallographer. He has solved the crystal structure of several uranyl minerals.

Type Locality
Burro Mine, Slick Rock Mining District, San Miguel County, Colorado, USA
Mineral Data
Na[(UO2)8O3(OH)11] · 10H2O
Strunz: 
4.GC.
Approved
Physical Properties
Colour: 
Yellow
Crystal System: 
Orthorhombic
Streak: 
Pale yellow
Hardness: 
2
Tenacity: 
Brittle
Synonyms
Synonyms: 
IMA2020-082