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Vandenbrandeite & Rutherfordine

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Vandenbrandeite & Rutherfordine

Bill Pinch collection
Rare Mineral

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Description
Locality: 
Musonoi Mine, Kolwezi, Lualaba, DR Congo
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Thumbnail (1-3cm)
Size: 
1.2 × 0.9 × 0.6 cm
Description

You are bidding on a small mounted sample from the Bill Pinch collection with nice dark green blades of vandenbrandeite in a vug with some attached bowties of rutherfordine on the tips. Very aesthetic little mount. 

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Vandenbrandeite

Formula: 
Cu(UO2)(OH)4
Strunz: 
4.GB.45
Hardness: 
4.0
Streak: 
Green
Type Locality: 
Kalongwe deposit, 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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