Mineralpedia Details for Metalodevite
Metalodevite
Named for Lodeve, France where the mineral finds its type locality and in this instance, the prefix meta- indicates it membership to the Meta-Autunite Group. Metalodevite is a rare mineral that occurs in only France, the United States, and the Czech Republic and is found as a secondary mineral by the alteration of arsenic minerals. Metalodevite is strongly radioactive and fluoresces a faint yellow to green under short-wave ultraviolet light.
Ref. Handbook of Mineralogy, Anthony et al (1995) and MSA at http://www.handbookofmineralogy.org/pdfs/metalodevite.pdf
- Formula
- Zn(UO2)2(AsO4)2ยท10H2O
- Crystal System
- Tetragonal
- Cleavage
- Perfect, None, None
- Luster
- Vitreous (Glassy)
- Color
- light yellow, olive green
- Streak
- white
- Class
- Tetragonal - Dipyramidal
- Hardness
- 2-2.5
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Metalodevite from Sterling Hill mine, Ogdensburg, Sussex Co., New Jersey, United States
Light yellow pulverent grains in capsule. Very rare, hard to obtain locality.
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Metalodevite from Pribram, Bohemia, Czech Republic
Rich specimen with yellow crust on matrix.
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