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Swamboite & Curite

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Swamboite & Curite

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Description
Locality: 
Swambo Hill, Kambove, Haut-Katanga, DR Congo
Size Range: 
Small miniature (3-4.5 cm)
Size: 
3.1 × 2.3 × 1.2 cm
Description

Light yellow acicular crystals and fibrous masses of the rare uranyl-silicate swamboite from the Type Locality. Associated with bright orange acicular curite crystals on a massive curite-soddyite matrix.

Mineral Data
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Swamboite

Formula: 
UH6(UO2)6(SiO4)6·30H2O
Strunz: 
9.AK.20
Hardness: 
2.5
Type Locality: 
Swambo Hill (Swambo Mine), Swambo, Katanga Copper Crescent, Katanga (Shaba), Democratic Republic of Congo (Zaïre)

Curite

Formula: 
Pb3(UO2)8O8(OH)6·3H2O
Strunz: 
4.GB.55
Hardness: 
4.0 - 5.0
Streak: 
Orange
Type Locality: 
Shinkolobwe Mine (Kasolo Mine), Shinkolobwe, Katanga Copper Crescent, Katanga (Shaba), Democratic Republic of Congo (Zaïre)
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