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Saléeite from
Lake Boga granite quarry, Lake Boga, Swan Hill Rural City, Victoria, Australia


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Saléeite

Lake Boga granite quarry, Lake Boga, Swan Hill Rural City, Victoria, Australia
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Saléeite

Lake Boga granite quarry, Lake Boga, Swan Hill Rural City, Victoria, Australia
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Saléeite

Lake Boga granite quarry, Lake Boga, Swan Hill Rural City, Victoria, Australia
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Saléeite

Lake Boga granite quarry, Lake Boga, Swan Hill Rural City, Victoria, Australia
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Saléeite

Lake Boga granite quarry, Lake Boga, Swan Hill Rural City, Victoria, Australia
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Saléeite

Lake Boga granite quarry, Lake Boga, Swan Hill Rural City, Victoria, Australia
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Saléeite

Lake Boga granite quarry, Lake Boga, Swan Hill Rural City, Victoria, Australia
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Saléeite

Lake Boga granite quarry, Lake Boga, Swan Hill Rural City, Victoria, Australia
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Saléeite

Lake Boga granite quarry, Lake Boga, Swan Hill Rural City, Victoria, Australia
06275690017271982324484.jpg
Saléeite

Lake Boga granite quarry, Lake Boga, Swan Hill Rural City, Victoria, Australia
09533930017271982345978.jpg
Saléeite

Lake Boga granite quarry, Lake Boga, Swan Hill Rural City, Victoria, Australia
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Saléeite

Lake Boga granite quarry, Lake Boga, Swan Hill Rural City, Victoria, Australia
Locality type:Quarry
Classification
Species:Saléeite
Formula:Mg(UO2)2(PO4)2 · 10H2O
Comments:"Saleeite crystals occur in miarolitic cavities and on limonite-encrusted joint planes in the Lake Boga granite. Pale to lemon or greenish yellow translucent to transparent platy crystals occur as fan-like clusters or flattened aggregates. They are usually less than 3 mm on edge but exceptional crystals may reach 9 mm. Thick tabular and unusual prismatic crystals are less common. Saleeite may overgrow torbernite crystals at Lake Boga."
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Associated Minerals Based on Photo Data:
Orthoclase4
Quartz4
- var Smoky Quartz3
Muscovite3
Schorl1
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Saléeite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Lake Boga granite quarry, Lake Boga, Swan Hill Rural City, Victoria, Australia
Photo GalleryView Gallery (19 photos)
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:45883
Long-form Identifier:1:3:45883:6
GUID (UUID V4):0
Nearest other occurrences of Saléeite
66.2km (41.1 miles) ⓘWycheproof granite quarry, Wycheproof, Buloke Shire, Victoria, Australia
References
Henry, D.A., Birch, W.D. (1988) Sampleite and associated minerals from the Lake Boga granite quarry, Victoria, Australia. Australian Mineralogist: 3: 135-148.
Birch, W. D., Henry, D. A. - Eds. (1993) Phosphate Minerals of Victoria. Special Publication 3. Mineralogical Society of Victoriapp.14-27
Mills, S. J., Birch, W. D., Kolitsch, U., Mumme, W. G., Grey, I. E. (2008) Lakebogaite, CaNaFe3+2H(UO2)2(PO4)4(OH)2(H2O)8, a new uranyl phosphate with a unique crystal structure from Victoria, Australia. American Mineralogist, 93 (4) 691-697 doi:10.2138/am.2008.2706
Mills, S.J., Birch, W.D. (2010) Uranmineralien aus dem Lake-Boga-Granit, Victoria, Australien. Mineralien-Welt, 21(3), 62–67. (In German)
 
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