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Swartzite from
Hillside Mine (Happy Jack MS 920 claim; Camp MS 919 claim; Seven Stars MS 916 claim), Bozarth Mesa, Bagdad, Eureka District, Yavapai Co., Arizona, USA

Description
Type Locality:Hillside Mine (Happy Jack MS 920 claim; Camp MS 919 claim; Seven Stars MS 916 claim), Bozarth Mesa, Bagdad, Eureka District, Yavapai Co., Arizona, USA is the type locality for Swartzite
Comments:Occurs as an efflorescence on walls intergrown with other uranium minerals and gypsum.
Habit:Prismatic
Colour:Green
UV Fluorescence:Bright yellow-green (UV)
Quality of samples:not specified / average specimens
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
References
References:Palache, C., Berman, H., & Frondel, C. (1951), The System of Mineralogy of James Dwight Dana and Edward Salisbury Dana, Yale University 1837-1892, Volume II: 236, 238; Anthony, J.W., et al (1995), Mineralogy of Arizona, 3rd.ed.: 111, 365, 387; Axelrod, J.M., et al (1951), The uranium minerals from the Hillside mine, Yavapai Co., AZ, Am.Min.: 36: 1-22; Frondel, C.C. (1958), Systematic mineralogy of uranium and thorium, USGS Bull. 1064: 119; Galbraith, F.W. & D.J. Brennan (1959), Minerals of AZ: 51; Dana 7:II:236 & 238.
Associated minerals:
Associates:Gypsum
Schröckingerite
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Swartzite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Hillside Mine (Happy Jack MS 920 claim; Camp MS 919 claim; Seven Stars MS 916 claim), Bozarth Mesa, Bagdad, Eureka District, Yavapai Co., Arizona, USA
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