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Wyartite

Dan Behnke collection
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Description
Locality: 
Shinkolobwe Mine, Shinkolobwe, Kambove, Haut-Katanga, DR Congo
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Micromount (under 1cm)
Size: 
0.6 × 0.6 × 0.5 cm
Description

ILLUSTRATED!! You are bidding on a small sample with very nice and rich crystals of wyartite on matrix from the type locality. Sample is illustrated in Photo Atlas of Minerals 2007. Comes with three original slides taken by Dan and the original collection index card. 

This sample is from the collection of Dan Behnke, long-time friend, micromounter and prodigious photographer. I am pleased to be able to offer selections from his large collection, many of which are illustrated specimens in Rocks & Minerals, The Mineralogiocal Record, Photo Atlas of Minerals and many other publications. All samples from his meticulously catalogued collection will come with his original index card with all notes, photography annotations and other pertinent information, as well as any slides Dan may have taken of the sample with publication notes and date the photo was made.

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Wyartite

Formula: 
CaU5+(UO2)2(CO3)O4(OH)·7H2O
Strunz: 
5.EA.15
Crystal System: 
Orthorhombic
Hardness: 
3.0 - 4.0
Type Locality: 
Shinkolobwe Mine (Kasolo Mine), Shinkolobwe, Katanga Copper Crescent, Katanga (Shaba), Democratic Republic of Congo (Zaïre)

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