| AllMinerals/JohnBetts-FineMinerals > Online Mineral Museum Photographic Archive > Minerals from Mexico > Sklodowskite on Gypsum |
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| DESCRIPTION: | No. 60527 |
| Mineral: | Sklodowskite on Gypsum |
| Locality: | Santa Eulalia District, Aquiles Serdán, Chihuahua, Mexico |
| Description: | Lustrous acicular transparent yellow sklodowskite crystals to 3 mm on transparent pale-gray gypsum crystals to 3 mm. Many sklodowskite crystals are scattered throughout the specimen — looks beautiful under magnification. Ex. B. Gaber collection #581; ex. Paul Pohwat collection #429 (Mineral Collection Manager at Smithsonian). Radioactive |
| Overall Size: | 4x2.5x1 cm |
| Crystals: | 0.5-3.0 mm |
| Archived: | For reference only |
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