Mourite Gallery

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Mourite : UMo₅O₁₂(OH)₁₀, Ilsemannite : Mo₃O₈·nH₂O
	Kyzylsai Mo-U deposit, Chu-Ili Mts, Balqash (Balkhash; Karatas; Prebalkhashie) Region, Zhezqazghan Oblysy (Dzezkazgan Oblast'; Dzhezkazgan Oblast'; Djezkazgan Oblast'; Jezkazgan Oblast'), Kazakhstan Cavity in the rhiolite filled with bright violet mourite with minor blue ilsemannite films. Yellow iriginite also is present. Specimen size 6x5x4 cm. Collected in 60th. Pavel M. Kartashov collection and photo.
© Pavel M. Kartashov	Photo ID: 72640 View Count: 375
Mourite : UMo₅O₁₂(OH)₁₀, Iriginite : UO₂Mo₂O₇·3H₂O
	Kyzylsai Mo-U deposit, Chu-Ili Mts, Balqash (Balkhash; Karatas; Prebalkhashie) Region, Zhezqazghan Oblysy (Dzezkazgan Oblast'; Dzhezkazgan Oblast'; Djezkazgan Oblast'; Jezkazgan Oblast'), Kazakhstan More abundant at the locality mourite appearance - fissure in rhiolite filled with violet mourite and growing over it yellow iriginite. Specimen size is 4x2.5x1 cm. Collected in 60th. Pavel M. Kartashov collection and photo.
© Pavel M. Kartashov	Photo ID: 72643 View Count: 213
Mourite : UMo₅O₁₂(OH)₁₀, Iriginite : UO₂Mo₂O₇·3H₂O
	Kyzylsai Mo-U deposit, Chu-Ili Mts, Balqash (Balkhash; Karatas; Prebalkhashie) Region, Zhezqazghan Oblysy (Dzezkazgan Oblast'; Dzhezkazgan Oblast'; Djezkazgan Oblast'; Jezkazgan Oblast'), Kazakhstan Small segregation of violet mourite rimmed with yellow more later iriginite in rhiolite matrix. Specimen size is 6x3.5x2 cm. Collected in 60th. Pavel M. Kartashov collection and photo.
© Pavel M. Kartashov	Photo ID: 72642 View Count: 191
Mourite : UMo₅O₁₂(OH)₁₀, Iriginite : UO₂Mo₂O₇·3H₂O
	Kyzylsai Mo-U deposit, Chu-Ili Mts, Balqash (Balkhash; Karatas; Prebalkhashie) Region, Zhezqazghan Oblysy (Dzezkazgan Oblast'; Dzhezkazgan Oblast'; Djezkazgan Oblast'; Jezkazgan Oblast'), Kazakhstan More abundant at the locality mourite appearance - fissure in rhiolite filled with violet mourite and growing over it yellow iriginite. Specimen size is 10x5x4 cm. Collected in 60th. Pavel M. Kartashov collection and photo.
© Pavel M. Kartashov	Photo ID: 72641 View Count: 183
Mourite : UMo₅O₁₂(OH)₁₀
	Kyzylsai Mo-U deposit, Chu-Ili Mts, Balqash (Balkhash; Karatas; Prebalkhashie) Region, Zhezqazghan Oblysy (Dzezkazgan Oblast'; Dzhezkazgan Oblast'; Djezkazgan Oblast'; Jezkazgan Oblast'), Kazakhstan Mourite is one of the most uncommon and unforgettable minerals of uranium. Its colour and outer appearance hasn't analogues. Here we see incredible large specimen of massive Mourite from its type locality. This compact finecrystalline masse is only fragment of its gigant filling of a vug into rhiolite had been cut out by knife. For ~40 years of ...
© Pavel M. Kartashov	Photo ID: 247256 View Count: 57
Mourite : UMo₅O₁₂(OH)₁₀, Ilsemannite : Mo₃O₈·nH₂O, Iriginite : UO₂Mo₂O₇·3H₂O
	Kyzylsai Mo-U deposit, Chu-Ili Mts, Balqash (Balkhash; Karatas; Prebalkhashie) Region, Zhezqazghan Oblysy (Dzezkazgan Oblast'; Dzhezkazgan Oblast'; Djezkazgan Oblast'; Jezkazgan Oblast'), Kazakhstan Cavity in the rhyolite filled with bright violet Mourite with minor light-blue Ilsemannite films and precipitations. Yellow Iriginite grains also are present. FOV is ~4x3 cm. Collected in 60th. Pavel M. Kartashov collection and photo.
© Pavel M. Kartashov	Photo ID: 244216 View Count: 32