16hhca.ns ((PHURCALITE, ANTLERITE, MALACHITE, BLACK mineral)), RADIOACTIVE $65 MINIMUM BID, Posey Mine, Red Canyon, White Canyon District, San Juan County, Utah, 15 x 7.5 x 1.5 cm, Cabinet | |
Here is two specimens in one. Not sure what the species with the black spots on the one side. Visually the green are small acicular crystals are Malachite of which many are on and surround the black spots. The front side of the specimen also has the black spots but not the green Malachite. Yellow microcrystals of Phurcalite, an Uranium species from a now closed mine by the state of Uah. This was collected by a famous Micromounter from Utah from the Micromounters Hall of Fame. He attributes the blue green mineral to be Antlerite but no analysis was done to confirm. I have listed this week the 4 specimens from this closed locality that I have |