A Geoscience Digital Image Library
A Geoscience Digital Image Library
| Title | Liebigite from Artesia, Colorado, USA |
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| Description | The greenish yellow mineral is liebigite, Ca2(UO2)(CO3)3·11(H2O (a hydrated calcium uranium carbonate) grown on sandstone. It is sometimes described as having an apple-green color. Liebigite is one of many yellowish uranium minerals; they are hard to tell apart without analytical or X-ray data. It occurs as a secondary mineral in uranium deposits and as coatings or efflorescence on mine walls. This specimen is 6 cm across. |
| Location | USA ▹ Colorado. Near Artesia. |
| Photographer | Darla Sondrol. 2001-06-20. |
| Collection | University of North Dakota Mineralogy Collection #678. |
| Key words | liebigite, Colorado |
| Tech details | 627 KB. Hand specimen. Fujifilm FinePix S1Pro digital camera; 60mm AF Nikon micro lens. |
| GeoDIL number | 834 |
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