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Richetite Rutherfordine Wölsendorfite & Studtite

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Richetite Rutherfordine Wölsendorfite & Studtite

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Description
Locality: 
Shinkolobwe Mine, Shinkolobwe, Kambove, Haut-Katanga, DR Congo
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Small miniature (3-4.5 cm)
Size: 
3.2 × 2.9 × 2.2 cm
Description

You are bidding on a small miniature sample with rich areas of extremely rare brown, tabular richetite crystals growing on mamillary wolsendorfite. Other vugs host sprays of uranophane and studtite, with groups of tiny orange wolsendorfite plates. There are also nice sprays of rutherfordine blades in several vugs. Very good example of one of the more rare type species from Shinkolobwe. 

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Richetite

Formula: 
Pb(UO2)4O5·4H2O
Strunz: 
4.GB.15
Hardness: 
3.5
Type Locality: 
Shinkolobwe Mine (Kasolo Mine), Shinkolobwe, Katanga Copper Crescent, Katanga (Shaba), Democratic Republic of Congo (Zaïre)

Rutherfordine

Formula: 
(UO2)CO3
Strunz: 
5.EB.05
Crystal System: 
Orthorhombic
Hardness: 
0.0
Streak: 
White
Type Locality: 
Lukwengule, Uluguru Mts (Uruguru Mts), Morogoro Region, Tanzania

Wölsendorfite

Formula: 
(Pb,Ca)U2O7·2H2O
Strunz: 
4.GB.30
Hardness: 
5.0
Type Locality: 
Wölsendorf Fluorite Mining District, Upper Palatinate, Bavaria, Germany

Studtite

Formula: 
[(UO2)(O2)(H2O)2]·H2O
Strunz: 
4.GA.15
Hardness: 
0.0
Type Locality: 
Shinkolobwe Mine (Kasolo Mine), Shinkolobwe, Katanga Copper Crescent, Katanga (Shaba), Democratic Republic of Congo (Zaïre)

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