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Phuralumite Vanmeersscheite & Upalite

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Phuralumite Vanmeersscheite & Upalite

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Description
Locality: 
Kobokobo Pegmatite, Mwenga, South Kivu, DR Congo
Class: 
Combination
Size Range: 
Thumbnail (1-3cm)
Size: 
1.5 × 2.5 × 1.8 cm
Description

Yellow phuralumite on matrix with vanmeersscheite and upalite

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

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)

Vanmeersscheite

Formula: 
U6+(UO2)3(PO4)2(OH)6·4H2O
Strunz: 
8.EC.20
Hardness: 
0.0
Colour: 
Yellow
Type Locality: 
Kobokobo pegmatite, Mwenga, Sud-Kivu, Democratic Republic of Congo (Zaïre)

Upalite

Formula: 
Al(UO2)3(PO4)2O(OH)·7H2O
Strunz: 
8.EC.05
Crystal System: 
Monoclinic
Hardness: 
0.0
Type Locality: 
Kobokobo pegmatite, Mwenga, Sud-Kivu, Democratic Republic of Congo (Zaïre)