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Gauthierite

IMA 2016-004
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Description
Locality: 
Shinkolobwe Mine, Shinkolobwe, Kambove, Haut-Katanga, DR Congo
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Micromount (under 1cm)
Size: 
0.8 × 0.6 × 0.3 cm
Description

A small but very good sample of Gauthierite with a rich coverage of orange tabular crystals on matrix. The potassium-lead-uranyl-hydroxide gauthierite was named after Belgian mineral collector and dealer Gilbert Gauthier and was found in only one boulder which produced only some two dozens specimens.

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Gauthierite

Formula: 
KPb[(UO2)7O5(OH)7]·8H2O
Crystal System: 
Monoclinic
Type Locality: 
Shinkolobwe Mine (Kasolo Mine), Shinkolobwe, Katanga Copper Crescent, Katanga (Shaba), Democratic Republic of Congo (Zaïre)
Cartils Minerals

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