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Upalite

Rare Mineral

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Description
Locality: 
Kobokobo Pegmatite, Mwenga, South Kivu, DR Congo
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Micromount (under 1cm)
Size: 
0.9 × 0.8 × 0.4 cm
Description

First class specimen with yellow upalite crystal aggregates contrasting on matrix.

Type locality specimen. Upalite is only known from four localities worldwide. Very rare mineral.

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

Upalite

Formula: 
Al(UO2)3(PO4)2O(OH)·7H2O
Strunz: 
8.EC.05
Crystal System: 
Monoclinic
Hardness: 
0.0
Type Locality: 
Kobokobo pegmatite, Mwenga, Sud-Kivu, Democratic Republic of Congo (Zaïre)

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