Uraninite in Fluorite & Calcite
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Uraninite in Fluorite & Calcite
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- Availability
- Sold
- Size
- 9 x 5.5 x 4 cm - Sm Cabinet
- Formula
- UO2 (RRUFF)
- Locality
- Cardiff Uranium mine, Haliburton Co., Ontario, Canada
A 2cm Uraninite crystal perched nicely on the top of this specimen. The crystal is dull and imperfect perhaps as a result of chipping away the surrounding matrix to expose the crystal. The matrix is a pinkish yellow color with swirls of deep purple Fluorite.
Ex. Wiliam Pinch with label.
Uraninite
- Formula
- UO2
- Crystal System
- Isometric
- Crystal Habit
- Crystalline - Coarse, Botryoidal, Dendritic
- Cleavage
- Good, None, None
- Luster
- Sub Metallic
- Color
- brownish black, gray, grayish black, black
- Streak
- brownish black
- Class
- Isometric - Hexoctahedral
- Fracture
- Brittle - Conchoidal
- Hardness
- 5-6
Data courtesy of Webmineral.
- Collection
- Barbara Cureton Collection
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