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URANOPHANE    Ham-Weeks Quarry, Wakefield, NH
3 mm field of view

Species:           URANOPHANE
Locality:          Ham-Weeks Quarry, Wakefield, NH
Specimen Size: 3 mm field of view
Field Collected: Bob Janules. A Bob Janules collection specimen
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Notes: Identified by EDS analysis. The Al peak in the plot is thought to be due to electron scattering from inside the SEM chamber. The analyst stated: "Uranium does a very good job of scattering the beam."
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URANOPHANE    Ham-Weeks Quarry, Wakefield, NH
5 cm specimen. Uranophane aureole surrounding black uraninite bleb.

Species:           URANOPHANE
Locality:          Ham-Weeks Quarry, Wakefield, NH
Specimen Size: 5 cm specimen. Uranophane aureole surrounding black uraninite bleb.
Field Collected: Tom Mortimer - Aug, 2011
Catalog No.: 1796
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URANOPHANE   Ruggles Mine, Grafton, NH
0.4 mm uranophane spray
Species:           URANOPHANE  
Locality:          Ruggles Mine, Grafton, NH
Specimen Size: 0.4 mm uranophane spray
Field Collected: Harvard research
Catalog No.: u2377
Notes: The few scattered orthorhombic prisms are likely phosphuranylite.
Uranophane and uranophane-beta are chemically equivalent, monoclinic, dimorphs. Presently (2020) these are grouped together as uranophane.
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URANOPHANE   Ruggles Mine, Grafton, NH
4 mm field of view
Species:           URANOPHANE  
Locality:          Ruggles Mine, Grafton, NH
Specimen Size: 4 mm field of view
Field Collected: Harvard research
Catalog No.: u2377
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