| AllMinerals/JohnBetts-FineMinerals > Online Mineral Museum Photographic Archive > Minerals from New Mexico > Tyuyamunite |
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| DESCRIPTION: | No. 16623 |
| Mineral: | Tyuyamunite |
| Locality: | Grants District, McKinley County, New Mexico |
| Description: | Bright yellow micro crystals of tyuyamunite covering three sides of matrix. Several other minerals are present, most likely andersonite, hewettite, metatyuyamunite, fluorite. Slightly radioactive. Ex. Earle C. Sullivan (1906-2005), author of History and Minerals of Old Mine Park, Trumbull, Ct. |
| Overall Size: | 6x5x4 cm |
| Crystals: | micro |
| Archived: | For reference only |
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