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Uranophane from
Horní Halže, Měděnec, Chomutov District, Ústí nad Labem Region, Czech Republic


Locality type:Village
Classification
Species:Uranophane
Formula:Ca(UO2)2(SiO3OH)2 · 5H2O
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Uranophane data
Locality Data:Click here to view Horní Halže, Měděnec, Chomutov District, Ústí nad Labem Region, Czech Republic
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:484909
Long-form Identifier:1:3:484909:4
GUID (UUID V4):0
Nearest other occurrences of Uranophane
6.8km (4.2 miles) ⓘStraßburger Glück Mine, Niederschlag, Bärenstein, Erzgebirgskreis, Saxony, Germany
17.2km (10.7 miles) ⓘZlatý Kopec skarn deposit, Zlatý Kopec, Boží Dar, Karlovy Vary District, Karlovy Vary Region, Czech Republic
18.2km (11.3 miles) ⓘUranus Mine, Kleinrückerswalde, Annaberg-Buchholz, Erzgebirgskreis, Saxony, Germany
20.8km (12.9 miles) ⓘPöhla-Tellerhäuser Mine, Pöhla, Schwarzenberg, Erzgebirgskreis, Saxony, Germany
25.1km (15.6 miles) ⓘSt. Margarethe Mine (Otto-Stollen; Shaft 23), Breitenbrunn, Erzgebirgskreis, Saxony, Germany
28.1km (17.5 miles) ⓘHimmelfahrt Mine, Eibenstock, Erzgebirgskreis, Saxony, Germany
28.2km (17.5 miles) ⓘVater Abraham Mine, Lauta, Marienberg, Erzgebirgskreis, Saxony, Germany
37.0km (23.0 miles) ⓘStadtberg, Schneeberg, Erzgebirgskreis, Saxony, Germany
37.1km (23.0 miles) ⓘWalpurgis Flacher vein, Weißer Hirsch Mine (shaft 3), Neustädtel, Schneeberg, Erzgebirgskreis, Saxony, Germany
37.2km (23.1 miles) ⓘHorní Slavkov uranium ore district, Horní Slavkov, Sokolov District, Karlovy Vary Region, Czech Republic
References
Sejkora, Jiří, Čejka, Jiří (2007) Šreinite from Horní Halže, the Krušné hory Mountains, Czech Republic, a new mineral species, its comparison with asselbornite from Schneeberg, and new data for asselbornite. Neues Jahrbuch für Mineralogie - Abhandlungen, 184 (2) 197-206 doi:10.1127/0077-7757/2007/0091
Sejkora, J., Čejka, J., Šrein, V. (2007) Supergene uranium mineralization from Horní Halže near Mědenec (Krušné hory Mountains), Czech Republic. Journal of GEOsciences, 52 (3-4) 199-210
 
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