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Marthozite & Guilleminite

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Marthozite & Guilleminite

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Description
Locality: 
Musonoi Mine, Kolwezi, Lualaba, DR Congo
Class: 
Combination
Size Range: 
Thumbnail (1-3cm)
Size: 
1.6 × 2.2 × 1.7 cm
Description

Greenish yellow flat-lying crystals of marthozite with some acicular yellow guilleminite crystals

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Marthozite

Formula: 
Cu(UO2)3(SeO3)2(OH)2·8H2O
Strunz: 
4.JJ.05
Hardness: 
0.0
Type Locality: 
Musonoi Mine, Kolwezi, Kolwezi District, Katanga Copper Crescent, Katanga (Shaba), Democratic Republic of Congo (Zaïre)

Guilleminite

Formula: 
Ba(UO2)3(SeO3)2(OH)4·3H2O
Strunz: 
4.JJ.10
Crystal System: 
Orthorhombic
Hardness: 
2.0 - 0.0
Type Locality: 
Musonoi Mine, Kolwezi, Kolwezi District, Katanga Copper Crescent, Katanga (Shaba), Democratic Republic of Congo (Zaïre)