Specimen #1669

Name: Haiweeite

Type: Micromount

Locality: Teófilo Otoni, Mucuri valley, Minas Gerais, Southeast Region, Brazil

Favorite? N

Fluorescent? N

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Acquired: 2009-10-14

Source: Simkev Micromounts

Label: N

Comment: Very fine examples of this rare mineral as balls of light yellow-green acicular to lamellar crystals +/- Uranophane, Calcite, Fluorite, Albite.

Minerals: Albite (NaAlSi₃O₈) Calcite (CaCO₃) Fluorite (CaF₂) Haiweeite (Ca[(UO₂)₂Si₅O₁₂(OH)₂] ₃(H₂O)) Uranophane (Ca(UO₂)₂SiO₃(OH)_{2 5}(H₂O))

There are 2 pictures on file

M01669-01.jpg:

Haiweeite, Teófilo Otoni, Mucuri valley, Minas Gerais, Southeast Region, Brazil - FOV: 18.8 x 12.5 mm (11 stacked images)

M01669-02.jpg:

Haiweeite, Teófilo Otoni, Mucuri valley, Minas Gerais, Southeast Region, Brazil - FOV: 4.9 x 3.3 mm (12 stacked images)