Minerals of the Chickering Mine Walpole, NH                AUTUNITE   Ca(UO2)2(PO4)2·11H2O          Back to Chickering front page.
Specimen owner ID's (capitals): TM = Tom Mortimer, BW = Bob Wilken, BJ = Bob Janules, PC = Peter Cristofono, AW = Anna Wilken
Photographer ID's (lower case).
Identification: EDS analysis . Also bright yellow-green fluorescence observed.
Discussion: Near the center of the yellow-green mass there appears a small zone of amorphous yellowish material that might be a different mineral. However, 1/11 EDS analysis showed this zone to be autunite as well.
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AUTUNITE      2 mm yellow-green zone of autunite     BJ - 2010     Photo: AUT_1   [tm]