| AllMinerals/JohnBetts-FineMinerals > Online Mineral Museum Photographic Archive > Minerals from New Mexico > Natrozippeite-Uranopilite in Uraninite-rich matrix |
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| DESCRIPTION: | No. 59524 |
| Mineral: | Natrozippeite-Uranopilite in Uraninite-rich matrix |
| Locality: | Jackpile Mine, Cibola County, New Mexico |
| Description: | Uraninite-rich brown-black matrix with vivid yellow microcrystals of a mineral originally labeled as zippeite, but tests indicate the lack of potassium, suggesting it may be uranopilite or the sodium-dominant end member natrozippeite Ex. Tom Massis, co-author of The Mex-Tex Mine, Bingham, New Mexico in Mineralogical Record v.30#5. Radioactive |
| Overall Size: | 13x7x4.5 cm |
| Crystals: | micro |
| Archived: | For reference only |
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