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Mourite & Iriginite

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Mourite & Iriginite

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Description
Locality: 
Tushinskoye Deposit, Balkashino, Sandyktau, Akmola Region, Kazakhstan
Class: 
Combination
Size Range: 
Thumbnail (1-3cm)
Size: 
1.3 × 2.2 × 1.5 cm
Description

Violet mourite crystals on yellowish iriginite

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Mourite

Formula: 
UMo5O12(OH)10
Strunz: 
4.FL.80
Hardness: 
3.0
Type Locality: 
Kyzylsai Mo-U deposit, Chu-Ili Mts, Almaty Province (Almaty Oblysy; Almati Oblast'), Kazakhstan...

Iriginite

Formula: 
(UO2)Mo2O7·3H2O
Strunz: 
4.GB.60
Hardness: 
1.0 - 2.0
Type Locality: 
Aleksandrovskii Golets Mo-U occurrence, Torgo River Basin, Chara and Tokko Rivers Confluence, Aldan Shield, Sakha Republic (Saha Republic; Yakutia), Eastern-Siberian Region, Russia