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Ranunculite & Phuralumite

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CAM203029

Ranunculite & Phuralumite

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Description
Locality: 
Kobokobo Pegmatite, Mwenga, South Kivu, DR Congo
Size Range: 
Thumbnail (1-3cm)
Size: 
1.5 × 1.2 × 0.6 cm
Description

A small but very good sample of two rare aluminium-uranyl-phosphates from their Type Locality.
The specimen has a good coverage of yellow crystals, scales and crystalline masses of phuralumite and yellow spheres and tiny balls of ranunculite.

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Ranunculite

Formula: 
HAl(UO2)(PO4)(OH)3·4H2O
Strunz: 
8.EB.40
Crystal System: 
Monoclinic
Hardness: 
3.0
Colour: 
Yellow
Type Locality: 
Kobokobo pegmatite, Mwenga, Sud-Kivu, Democratic Republic of Congo (Zaïre)

Phuralumite

Formula: 
Al2(UO2)3(PO4)3(OH)2·13H2O
Strunz: 
8.EC.05
Hardness: 
0.0
Type Locality: 
Kobokobo pegmatite, Mwenga, Sud-Kivu, Democratic Republic of Congo (Zaïre)
Cartils Minerals

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