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)