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Vandenbrandeite

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Vandenbrandeite

Rare Mineral

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Description
Locality: 
Musonoi Mine, Kolwezi, Lualaba, DR Congo
Size Range: 
Small miniature (3-4.5 cm)
Size: 
3.6 × 3.3 × 2.3 cm
Description

Very good and sharp, dark green vandenbrandeite crystals in vugs of the malachite rich matrix.

Very good old specimen.

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Vandenbrandeite

Formula: 
Cu(UO2)(OH)4
Strunz: 
4.GB.45
Hardness: 
4.0
Streak: 
Green
Type Locality: 
Kalongwe deposit, Katanga (Shaba), Democratic Republic of Congo (Zaïre)