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Swamboite

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Description
Locality: 
Swambo Hill, Kambove, Haut-Katanga, DR Congo
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Small miniature (3-4.5 cm)
Size: 
3.7 × 3.2 × 2 cm
Description

First-class specimen with numerous yellow acicular swamboite-(Nd) crystals. In association with blocks abundant soddyite crystals. The area filled with swamboite-(Nd) crystals measures about half a centimetre! Rarely seen in this quality and specimen size.

Swamboite-(Nd) is only known from three localities worldwide. Absolutely rare and of high quality.

From the collection of Luc VANDENBERGHE, longtime mindat member and famous Belgian u-mineral collector. Specimen of a very well kept collection.

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Swamboite

Formula: 
UH6(UO2)6(SiO4)6·30H2O
Strunz: 
9.AK.20
Hardness: 
2.5
Type Locality: 
Swambo Hill (Swambo Mine), Swambo, Katanga Copper Crescent, Katanga (Shaba), Democratic Republic of Congo (Zaïre)

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