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Sample n° 5967

Minerals found in the sample
Mineral Formula Category Subcategory Importance
URANINITE UO2 oxides and hydroxides - major
BOKITE (Al,Fe)1,3(V5+,V4+,Fe3+)8O20•7,5H2O vanadium oxysalts - minor
Description
Description: sample with black uraninite, black to brown bokite scales, in conglomerate
Origin
  • Country: USA
  • Region: Arizona
  • Locality: Monument Valley
Specification
  • Donors: Frondel Harvard University
    Donation year: 1957
  • Sampling year:
    Registration date:
  • Quantity: 1
    Size: 6 x 7 cm
  • Dimension code 1>2>3: 2
    Quality code 1>2>3: 1
  • Holotype: no
    Paratype: no
    Radioactive: yes
  • Thin section: no
    Chemical analysis: no
    X-Ray spectra: yes