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Autunite

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Autunite

Ex. VANDENBERGHE Collection
Radioactive

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Description
Locality: 
La Faye Mine, Grury, Saône-et-Loire, Bourgogne-Franche-Comté, France
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Small cabinet (7-10 cm)
Size: 
7.5 × 7 × 5 cm
Description

Visually very attractive specimen with strong yellow blocky autunite crystals in high contrast on matrix. A beautiful specimen of significant size. A French classic. Comes with a collection label as pictured and with the original Vandenberghe labelling.

From the collection of Luc VANDENBERGHE, longtime mindat member and famous Belgian u-mineral collector. Specimen of a very well kept collection.

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

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
Labels
Label Images - only: Autunite
Label Images - only: Autunite

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