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Schoepite Psm Rutherfordine

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Schoepite Psm Rutherfordine

Kay Robertson collection
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Description
Locality: 
Musonoi Mine, Kolwezi, Lualaba, DR Congo
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Small miniature (3-4.5 cm)
Size: 
3.7 × 2.8 × 3 cm
Description

You are bidding on a small miniature sample with a large vug of schoepite pseudo after rutherfordine crystals. There are also small vugs containing sprays of cuprosklodowskite and perhaps other species. Trimming may reveal other things hiding. Nice piece from the Kay Robertson collection. 

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Schoepite

Formula: 
(UO2)8O2(OH)12·12H2O
Strunz: 
4.GA.05
Hardness: 
2.5
Streak: 
Yellow
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

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