Jan 6, 2020
Fluorite With Zeunerite Kaffenberg, Ehrenzipfel, Erzgebirge, Saxony, Germany
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Fluorite With Zeunerite Kaffenberg, Ehrenzipfel, Erzgebirge, Saxony, Germany
REDISIGNS
For those who don't know these four, I'll tell you their names from top to bottom.
Hlousekite
Butter Amber (a fusion between a zeunerite and a ktenasite)
Hodgkinsonite
Red Sea pearl
Zeunerite
Cu(UO2)2(AsO4)2·12H2O
Locality:
Clara Mine, Rankach valley, Oberwolfach, Wolfach, Black Forest, Baden-Württemberg, Germany
Field of View: 0.42 mm
Collection: Heinz Förch
Zeunerite is a secondary mineral occurring in the oxidised zones of arsenic-bearing hydrothermal uranium deposits. Often dehydrated to Metazeunerite. Radioactive.
From Mindat.Org Photo Of The Day; July 4, 2018:
Zeunerite: Cu(UO2)2(AsO4)2·12H2O
Locality: Clara Mine, Rankach valley, Oberwolfach, Wolfach, Black Forest, Baden-Württemberg, Germany
“Grass-green thick tabular zeunerite crystal. The light green hairy mineral on the right side is probably agardite-(Ce). Sony Alpha 7R ii, bellows, Mitutoyo 20x, aperture, Raynox DCR-250 retro, Stack-Master linear actor, stack shot control. Collection and Photo: Stephan Wolfsried.”
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