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Uranophane from
Johannesschacht Mine, Wölsendorf, Schwarzach bei Nabburg, Schwandorf District, Upper Palatinate, Bavaria, Germany


Locality type:Mine
Classification
Species:Uranophane
Formula:Ca(UO2)2(SiO3OH)2 · 5H2O
Confirmation
Validity:Confirmed
Confirmation Methods:Visually Identified
Associated Minerals Based on Photo Data:
Baryte2
Kasolite2
Curite2
Fourmarierite1
Fluorite1
Uraninite1
Billietite1
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Uranophane data
Locality Data:Click here to view Johannesschacht Mine, Wölsendorf, Schwarzach bei Nabburg, Schwandorf District, Upper Palatinate, Bavaria, Germany
Photo GalleryView Gallery (4 photos)
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:700241
Long-form Identifier:1:3:700241:0
GUID (UUID V4):0
Nearest other occurrences of Uranophane
0.5km (0.3 miles) Naabrangen (Naabranken), Wölsendorf, Schwarzach bei Nabburg, Schwandorf District, Upper Palatinate, Bavaria, Germany
0.8km (0.5 miles) Roland Mine (Glückauf Mine; incl. Heinrich Mine), Stulln, Schwandorf District, Upper Palatinate, Bavaria, Germany
1.1km (0.7 miles) Marienschacht Mine, Wölsendorf, Schwarzach bei Nabburg, Schwandorf District, Upper Palatinate, Bavaria, Germany
2.3km (1.5 miles) Erna Mine, Stulln, Schwandorf District, Upper Palatinate, Bavaria, Germany
4.2km (2.6 miles) Gisela Mine, Lissenthan, Nabburg, Schwandorf District, Upper Palatinate, Bavaria, Germany
33.5km (20.8 miles) Hagendorf South Pegmatite, Hagendorf, Waidhaus, Neustadt an der Waldnaab District, Upper Palatinate, Bavaria, Germany
50.8km (31.5 miles) Riedhof, Zandt, Cham District, Upper Palatinate, Bavaria, Germany
56.9km (35.4 miles) Vítkov II mine, Oldřichov, Tachov, Tachov District, Plzeň Region, Czech Republic
60.0km (37.3 miles) Höhenstein Shaft (Höhensteinweg), Uranium deposit, Poppenreuth bei Tirschenreuth, Mähring, Tirschenreuth District, Upper Palatinate, Bavaria, Germany
76.2km (47.3 miles) Schoberth quarry, Rudolfstein, Weißenstadt, Wunsiedel im Fichtelgebirge, Upper Franconia, Bavaria, Germany
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