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Wetherillite |
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grünlichgelber Wetherillit mit Hexahydrit Blades of pale greenish-yellow wetherillite with hexahydrite. Travis Olds 2015; Field of view: 1.7 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, Wetherillite Image: 1475008259 Rating: 8 (votes: 1) License: Usage for Mineralienatlas project only |
grünlichgelber Wetherillit mit Hexahydrit |
Blades of pale greenish-yellow wetherillite with hexahydrite. Travis Olds 2015; Field of view: 1.7 mm; Blue Lizard Mine, Red Canyon, White Canyon District, San Juan Co., Utah, USA |
Copyright: | Travis Olds |
Contribution: Stefan 2016-09-27 |
Locality: Blue Lizard Mine / Red Canyon / White Canyon District / San Juan Co. / Utah / USA |
Collectors Summary
Color | blass grüngelb |
Streak color | weiß |
Lustre | Glasglanz |
Hardness (Mohs) | 2 |
Cleavages | vollkommen {1011}, befriedigen {010} |
Fracture | muschelig, gekrümmt |
Solubility | +++ kaltem H2O |
Crystal System | monoklin, P21/c |
Chemism
Chemical formula |
Na2Mg(UO2)2(SO4)4·18H2O |
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Empirical formula (analysis) |
Na1.98(Mg0.58Zn0.24Cu0.11Fe2+0.09)Σ1.02(U1.04O2)2(S0.98O4)4(H2O)18 |
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Chemical composition |
Magnesium, Natrium, Sauerstoff, Schwefel, Uran, Wasserstoff |
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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 |
anerkannt - (CNMNC) Newsletter 22 - Mineralogical Magazine, 2014, Vol. 78(5), pp. 1241-1248 |
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Mineral status |
anerkanntes Mineral |
Optical Properties
Optical Data Luminescence
Color LW-UV (365nm) |
  grün |
Color SW-UV (254nm) |
  grün |
Most Common Activator |
(UO2)2+ (Uranyl-Ion) spezifisch |
Afterglow (Persistant Luminescence) |
keine Daten |
Crystallography
Physical Properties
2 |
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2.626 (berechnet) |
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2.628 ( ρ calc. Mineralienatlas ) |
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vollkommen {1011}, befriedigen {010} |
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muschelig, gekrümmt |
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Instability |
+++ kaltem H2O |
(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 Fersman Mineralogical Museum of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow, Russland |
Collection number of type material |
64164 und 64172 (USA); 4574/1 (Russland) |
Preface
Generation conditions |
sekundäre Alterungsphase |
Bobcookit, Boyleit, Chalkanthit, Dietrichit, Gyps Hexahydrit, Johannit, Pickeringit und Rozenit |
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Author (Name, Year) |
Anthony R. Kampf, Jakub Plášil, Anatoly V. Kasatkin and Joe Marty (2014) |
References
Other languages
German |
Wetherillit |
CNMNC Newsletter 22, the mineral name was typed incorrectly as whetherillite. The correct name is wetherillite. |
English |
Wetherillite |
CNMNC Newsletter 22, the mineral name was typed incorrectly as whetherillite. The correct name is wetherillite. |
CNMNC (IMA)-Number
IMA 2014-044 |
CNMNC symbol
Symbol |
Wet |
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Mineral Dealer
Locations with GPS information
IDs
GUSID (Global unique identifier short form) | Choq_xuV6kGIYTdxz2UV7A |
GUID (Global unique identifier) | FF2A1A0A-951B-41EA-8861-3771CF6515EC |
Database ID | 7828 |