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Guilleminite & Vandenbrandeite

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Guilleminite & Vandenbrandeite

Gilbert Gauthier collection
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Description
Locality: 
Musonoi Mine, Kolwezi, Lualaba, DR Congo
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Miniature (4.5-7 cm)
Size: 
6.2 × 4.7 × 2.5 cm
Description

You are bidding on a large sample with some nice blades of vandenbrandeite in a malachite vug with very rich clusters of small guilleminite crystals. Gilbert Gauthier label. 

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Guilleminite

Formula: 
Ba(UO2)3(SeO3)2(OH)4·3H2O
Strunz: 
4.JJ.10
Crystal System: 
Orthorhombic
Hardness: 
2.0 - 0.0
Type Locality: 
Musonoi Mine, Kolwezi, Kolwezi District, Katanga Copper Crescent, Katanga (Shaba), Democratic Republic of Congo (Zaïre)

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)

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