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Kasolite

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Description
Locality: 
Bühlskopf, Ellweiler, Birkenfeld, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany
Size Range: 
Miniature (4.5-7 cm)
Size: 
4.5 × 3.3 × 1.5 cm
Description

A very typical specimen from this obscure and long-gone locality with a good coverage of yellow earthy crusts and coatings of kasolite on a reddish brown matrix.
Hard to get nowadays.

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Kasolite

Formula: 
Pb(UO2)[SiO4]·H2O
Strunz: 
9.AK.15
Hardness: 
4.0 - 5.0
Type Locality: 
Shinkolobwe Mine (Kasolo Mine), Shinkolobwe, Katanga Copper Crescent, Katanga (Shaba), Democratic Republic of Congo (Zaïre)
Cartils Minerals

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