Coffinite

Massive adamantine brown brannerite and black coffinite (often in thin veinlets)  in quartz-rich matrix from a uraniferous lignite deposit
Origin: Dylen, Western Bohemia, Czech Republic
Sample size: 3.5 x 3.5 cm
 

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Diederik Visser

Diederik Visser Minerals & Petrological Services

 

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