Minerals
Gunnar Färber
Uedaite-(Ce) (xx) | Iizaka Pegmatit-field, Kawamata, Fukushima Pref., Honshu Island / Japan; highly lustrous black aggregates of pure Uedaite-(Ce). This Manganese analog of Allanite-(Ce) has till now been known only as a great rarity in pegmatites in Manganese-bearing Granite on Honshu Island. Collected around 1980; MM 95,00 |
Ulexite | U.S. Borax Mine, Boron, Kern Co., California / USA; cut and polished colorless to white specimens of 5 cm x 3 cm x 1,5 cm, with a very nice TV effect; NS 19,00 |
Ulexite (xx) | U.S. Borax Mine, Boron, Kern Co., California / USA; "pseudomorphs from Ulexite after Borax crystals". Greyish-white well develop duoble terminated single crystals of 2,5 cm (KS) to 4 cm (NS); KS 19,00; NS 28,00 |
Ulexite xx | Rüsselsee Quarry, Appenrode, Ellrich, Harz Mts., Thuringia / Germany; silky white fibrous aggregates to 1 cm, very rich on vugs in Anhydrite-Gypsum matrix. Ulexite from Germany is quite unusual; KS 28,00; NS 38,00; HS 65,00 |
Ullmannite (xls) | Silberquelle Mine, Obersdorf, Siegerland, North Rhine-Westphalia / Germany; grey metallic crystal aggregates of 2 cm with some brownish Siderite; KS 19,00 |
Umangite (xx) | Sierra de Cacho, La Rioja / Argentina / TYP; violet metallic massive Umangite with some blue Chalcomenite. A specimen from the type location for Umangite. (even Umangite is named after Sierra de Umango, the right location is located in the parallel mountain range the Sierra de Cacho); MM 28,00 |
Umangite xls | Hal Lake Selenium Occurrence Nr. I, Uranium City, Beaverlodge Lake, Saskatchewan / Canada; the rare Copper Selenide occurs as violet metallic crystal aggregates up to 2 cm on brownish Rhyolite matrix. Very nice specimens from a new find; |
Uraninite (xx) | Vater Abraham Mine, Lauta, Marienberg, Erzgebirge, Saxony / Germany; "Pseudomorphs from Uraninite after Dolomite crystals" black rhombohedral crystals of 2 cm in matrix. Such unique pseudomorphs are known world-wide only from sporadic finds at Marienberg from1970 to 1980; KS 48,00; NS 95,00 |
Uranopilite xls | Pick's Delta Mine, Delta, San Rafael District, Emery Co., Utah / USA; yellow radial acicular glassy crystals of 1 mm, inter grown to massive crystal aggregates with Gypsum and Uraninite. Quite rich specimens of the rare Uranium-Sulfate; |
Uranopolycrase xx | Flakaberget Pegmatite, Jokkmokk, Lapland / Sweden; lustrous dark brownish crystal aggregates of 1 cm, very rich in Feldspar-Muscovite matrix. Nice specimens from a new find in July 2013; KS 38,00; NS 75,00 |
Uranosilite (xx) | Mina Huemul, Pampa Amarilla, Malargüe Dept., Mendoza / Argentinia; yellow aggregates of minute crystals with some greenish yellow radial acicular Weeksite in black massive Coffinite; MM 75,00 |
Uranosphaerite xls | Christa Mine, Großschloppen, Weißenstadt, Fichtelgebirge, Franconia, Bavaria / Germany; this rare Bismuth-Uranium-Oxide forms orange crystal aggregates of 2 mm, together with yellow acicular 1 cm crystal aggregates of Uranophane, on large fracture zones in Quartz matrix; KS 38,00; NS 65,00 |
Uranotungstit (xx) | Johanngeorgenstadt, Erzgebirge, Sachsen / Deutschland; gelbe fein kristalliene Aggregate dicht verwachsen mit einem Tonmineral, als gelbe Kristallkrusten auf Metatorbernit und Quarz. Uranotungstit von Johanngeorgenstadt ist bisher nur von einer einzigen historischen Stufe bekannt; MM 65,00 |
Urea xx | Wilgie Mia Cave, 70 km north of Cue, Weld Range, Western Australia / Australia; long-prismatic single colorless crystals of 5 mm; approx. 25 crystals in a capsule. The 30,000-year-old Cave of Wilgie Mia is probably one of oldest mines in the world. The Aborigines used the ochre from there for their cave paintings; MM 28,00 |
Urusovite xls | Novaya Fumarole, Tolbachik Volcano, Kamchatka, Far-Eastern Region / Russia / TYP; this extremely rare Cu-Al Arsenate forms glassy green crystals of 1 mm, with some Tenorite crystals on scoria matrix; MM 48,00; KS 95,00 |
Uvarovite xx | Keretti Mine, Outokumpu, Eastern Finland Region / Finland; dark green well terminated crystal of 5 mm on pale green Diopside matrix; KS 38,00 |
Uvite xx | Pomba Pit, Brumado, Serra das Aguas, Bahia / Brazil; highly lustrous transparent greenish-brown crystals to 1 cm with colorless Magnesite crystals to 5 mm on matrix. Very attractive specimens from a recent find; NS 28,00 |
Uzonite xx | Uzon Caldera, Kamchatka Peninsula, Far-Eastern Region / Russia / TYP; yellow prismatic crystals of 0,3 mm, very rich together with orange red long prismatic Alacranite crystals on Scoria matrix; MM 19,00; KS 28,00 |
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xx = crystals
(xx)= partial or intergrown crystals
X or x = single crystal
Capsel (capsule) = 0.1 to 0.5 cm
MM = micromount approx. 0.5 to 1.0 cm
KS = small piece approx. 1.5 to 4 cm;
NS = average-sized piece approx. 4 to 7 cm
HS = hand-sized piece 7 to 10 cm;
GS / MS = museum-sized pieces larger than 10 cm
xls = crystals; (xls) = partial or intergrown crystals; xl = single crystal.
Capsule= 0.1 to 0.5 cm; MM = micromounts approx. 0.5 to 1.5 cm; KS = small piece approx. 1.5 to 4 cm.
NS = average-sized piece approx. 4 to 7 cm; HS = hand-sized piece 7 to 10 cm; GS / MS = museum-sized pieces larger than 10 cm.