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Rutherfordine & Vandenbrandeite

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Rutherfordine & Vandenbrandeite

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Description
Locality: 
Shinkolobwe Mine, Shinkolobwe, Kambove, Haut-Katanga, DR Congo
Class: 
Combination
Size Range: 
Thumbnail (1-3cm)
Size: 
1.3 × 2.4 × 1.5 cm
Description

Beige colored rutherfordine crystals with sharp green vandenbrandeite crystals

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Rutherfordine

Formula: 
(UO2)CO3
Strunz: 
5.EB.05
Crystal System: 
Orthorhombic
Hardness: 
0.0
Streak: 
White
Type Locality: 
Lukwengule, Uluguru Mts (Uruguru Mts), Morogoro Region, Tanzania

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)