Saléeite from
Foggintor Quarry, Princetown, Dartmoor Forest, West Devon, Devon, England, UK
| Locality type: | Quarry | ||||||
| Classification | |||||||
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| Species: | Saléeite | ||||||
| Formula: | Mg(UO2)2(PO4)2 · 10H2O | ||||||
| Formation: | Secondary | ||||||
| Comments: | Minute crystals and crusts on surfaces within recent cracks in miarolitic granite, also within some miarolitic voids. Associated with uraninite and gummite. | ||||||
| Habit: | Tabular; crustiform | ||||||
| Colour: | Lemon yellow | ||||||
| Luminescent properties: | Brilliant yellow reaction under Long Wave UV. Some yellow reaction under blue (LED) light. | ||||||
| Quality for species: | Poor for species, only of interest for locality collectors. (#) | ||||||
| Abundance at site: | Rare | ||||||
| Confirmation | |||||||
| Validity: | Confirmed | ||||||
| Confirmation Methods: | Visually Identified, Visual (Fluorescence) | ||||||
| Analysis Reference: | F1999-06-MV(FQ)-0001 | ||||||
| Data | |||||||
| Mineral Data: | Click here to view Saléeite data | ||||||
| Locality Data: | Click here to view Foggintor Quarry, Princetown, Dartmoor Forest, West Devon, Devon, England, UK | ||||||
| Data Identifiers | |||||||
| Mindat Occurrence Record ID: | 1103265 | ||||||
| Long-form Identifier: | 1:3:1103265:2 | ||||||
| GUID (UUID V4): | b3d9a98e-51c3-4e3b-accf-f7582b2f391c | ||||||
| Nearest other occurrences of Saléeite | |||||||
| 41.3km (25.6 miles) | ⓘGreat Roughtor Consols, St Clether, Cornwall, England, UK | ||||||
| 66.5km (41.4 miles) | ⓘSouth Terras Mine (Resugga & Tolgarrick Mine; Union Mine; Uranium Mine), St Stephen-in-Brannel, Cornwall, England, UK | ||||||
| 93.5km (58.1 miles) | ⓘWheal Basset, Basset Mines, Carnkie, Carn Brea, Cornwall, England, UK | ||||||
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