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Saléeite

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Saléeite

Radioactive

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Description
Locality: 
Christa Mine, Großschloppen, Kirchenlamitz, Upper Franconia, Bavaria, Germany
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Small miniature (3-4.5 cm)
Size: 
3.8 × 3 × 2.8 cm
Largest Crystal: 
0.20cm
Description

Green tabular saléeite crystals, with striated faces, interpenetrated and with this olive green characteristic color. Old specimen. From this uranium mine, operated from 1980 to 1988. Nowadays. The area is landscapeda and the dumps have been completely removed.

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Saléeite

Formula: 
Mg(UO2)2(PO4)2·10H2O
Strunz: 
8.EB.05
Hardness: 
2.0 - 3.0
Type Locality: 
Weißer Hirsch Mine (Shaft 3), Neustädtel, Schneeberg District, Erzgebirge, Saxony, Germany