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Phuralumite & Ranunculite

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Phuralumite & Ranunculite

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Description
Locality: 
Kobokobo Pegmatite, Mwenga, South Kivu, DR Congo
Size Range: 
Micromount (under 1cm)
Size: 
0.9 × 0.6 × 0.5 cm
Description

You are bidding on a small specimen containing rich botryoidal ranunculite lining cavities with some vugs containing prisms pf phuralumite. A very good specimen of both rare, type locality uranium phosphates.

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Phuralumite

Formula: 
Al2(UO2)3(PO4)3(OH)2·13H2O
Strunz: 
8.EC.05
Hardness: 
0.0
Type Locality: 
Kobokobo pegmatite, Mwenga, Sud-Kivu, Democratic Republic of Congo (Zaïre)

Ranunculite

Formula: 
HAl(UO2)(PO4)(OH)3·4H2O
Strunz: 
8.EB.40
Crystal System: 
Monoclinic
Hardness: 
3.0
Colour: 
Yellow
Type Locality: 
Kobokobo pegmatite, Mwenga, Sud-Kivu, Democratic Republic of Congo (Zaïre)

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