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Sengierite

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Sengierite

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Locality: 
Luiswishi Mine, Lubumbashi, Haut-Katanga, DR Congo
Size Range: 
Thumbnail (1-3cm)
Size: 
1 × 0.7 × 0.6 cm
Description

Sengierite, a rare copper-uranyl-vanadate was named after Edgard Sengier (1879-1963), Director of the Union Minière du Haut-Katanga. This small specimen has several areas with lots of perfect but tiny sengierite crystals.
A small but beautiful specimen, hard to get nowadays.

Mineral Data
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Sengierite

Formula: 
Cu2(UO2)2(VO4)2·6H2O
Strunz: 
4.HB.10
Hardness: 
2.5
Type Locality: 
Luiswishi Mine, Lubumbashi (Elizabethville), Katanga Copper Crescent, Katanga (Shaba), Democratic Republic of Congo (Zaïre)
Cartils Minerals

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