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Carnotite
Carnotite is a relative uncommon mineral, yet common enough to be an important ore of uranium and vanadium.  The mineral typically forms tiny yellow crystals on some host rock.  Rocks like this one with carnotite crystals should be stored away from other minerals and human exposure should be limited.  This exhibit was collected on the Southern slope of the Pryor Mountains near Lovell, Wyoming