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Oppenheimerite |
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Oppenheimerite white Hexahydrite Pale green subparallel growths of water worn oppenheimerite on quartz with white hexahydrite. Visually, oppenheimerite is quite similar to fermiite, but its crystal aggregates are more often found as subparallel growths. Single xl XRD confirmed; Field of view: 1.8 mm; Blue Lizard Mine, Red Canyon, White Canyon District, San Juan Co., Utah, USA Copyright: Travis Olds; Contribution: Stefan Location: USA/Utah/San Juan Co./White Canyon District/Red Canyon/Blue Lizard Mine Mineral: Hexahydrite, Oppenheimerite Image: 1475007035 Rating: 8 (votes: 1) License: Creative Commons - Attribution (CC-BY) V.3.0 |
Oppenheimerite white Hexahydrite |
Pale green subparallel growths of water worn oppenheimerite on quartz with white hexahydrite. Visually, oppenheimerite is quite similar to fermiite, but its crystal aggregates are more often found ... |
Copyright: | Travis Olds |
Contribution: Stefan 2016-09-27 |
Locality: Blue Lizard Mine / Red Canyon / White Canyon District / San Juan Co. / Utah / USA |
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Oppenheimerit Aggregate von tafligen Kristallen, BB < 1 mm Copyright: MinTreasure.com (Carsten Slotta); Contribution: openpit Location: USA/Utah/San Juan Co./White Canyon District/Red Canyon/Blue Lizard Mine Mineral: Oppenheimerite Image: 1573674281 License: Usage for Mineralienatlas project only |
Oppenheimerit X |
Aggregate von tafligen Kristallen, BB < 1 mm |
Copyright: | MinTreasure.com (Carsten Slotta) |
Contribution: openpit 2019-11-13 |
Locality: Blue Lizard Mine / Red Canyon / White Canyon District / San Juan Co. / Utah / USA |
Collectors Summary
Color | grünlichgelb |
Streak color | weiß |
Lustre | Glasglanz |
Hardness (Mohs) | 2.5 |
Cleavages | gut {110}, {011}, {101} |
Fracture | unregelmäßig |
Solubility | +++ H2O, leicht zerfließend |
Crystal System | triklin, P1 |
Morphology | nach [111] gestreckte Prismen mit {100}, {010}, {001}, {101}, {011}, {110}, {101} |
Chemism
Chemical formula |
Na2(UO2)(SO4)2·3H2O |
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Empirical formula (analysis) |
Na1.94(U0.97O2)(S1.02O4)2(H2O)3 |
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Chemical composition |
Natrium, Sauerstoff, Schwefel, Uran, Wasserstoff |
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Analysis wt% |
Na2O : 10.94, UO3 : 50.77, SO3 : 29.75, H2O* : 9.85, Total : 101.31; WDX (Kampf et al. 2015); *berechnet |
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Strunz 9th edition incl. updates |
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7: Sulfate (Selenate, Tellurate, Chromate, Molybdate, Wolframate) |
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Lapis Classification |
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VI: SULFATE, CHROMATE, MOLYBDATE UND WOLFRAMATE |
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IMA status |
von der CNMNC anerkanntes Mineral; CNMNC Newsletter No. 23, Februar 2015 |
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Mineral status |
anerkanntes Mineral |
Optical Properties
Optical Data Luminescence
Crystallography
Crystals 3D
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Physical Properties
2.5 |
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3.360 (berechnet) |
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3.356 ( ρ calc. Mineralienatlas ) |
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gut {110}, {011}, {101} |
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unregelmäßig |
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leicht teilbar |
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vorhanden, da uranhaltig |
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Instability |
+++ H2O, leicht zerfließend |
(Co-)Type locality
(Co-)Type locality |
USA/Utah/San Juan Co./White Canyon District/Red Canyon/Blue Lizard Mine |
Type material |
Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County, 900 Exposition Boulevard, Los Angeles, CA 90007, USA |
Collection number of type material |
65549, 65550 und 65551 |
Paragenesis of type material |
Fermiit, Blödit, Bluelizardit, Chalcanthit, Epsomit, Gips, Hexahydrit, Kröhnkit, Manganoblödit, Sideronatrit, Tamarugit, Wetherillit |
Preface
Name from |
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Author (Name, Year) |
Anthony R. Kampf, Jakub Plašil, Anatoly V. Kasatkin, Joe Marty and Jiří Čejka |
References
Other languages
German |
Oppenheimerit |
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English |
Oppenheimerite |
CNMNC (IMA)-Number
IMA 2014-073 |
CNMNC symbol
Symbol |
Ohm |
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Mineral Dealer
Locations with GPS information
IDs
GUSID (Global unique identifier short form) | 0mzBW0Zu-UO8oT6fiWm3CQ |
GUID (Global unique identifier) | 5BC16CD2-6E46-43F9-BCA1-3E9F8969B709 |
Database ID | 7872 |