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Uranopilite

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Uranopilite

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Description
Locality: 
Johannesschacht Mine, Wölsendorf, Schwarzach bei Nabburg, Upper Palatinate, Bavaria, Germany
Class: 
Massive/Crystalline
Size Range: 
Small miniature (3-4.5 cm)
Size: 
3.3 × 3 × 2 cm
Description

Rich specimen of intense yellow uranopilite on matrix from the famous fluorite mine in Bavaria.

Rare

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Uranopilite

Formula: 
(UO2)6(SO4)O2(OH)6·14H2O
Strunz: 
7.EA.05
Crystal System: 
Monoclinic
Hardness: 
0.0
Type Locality: 
Jáchymov (St Joachimsthal), Jáchymov District (St Joachimsthal), Krušné Hory Mts (Erzgebirge), Karlovy Vary Region, Bohemia (Böhmen; Boehmen), Czech Republic