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Uraninite & Cuprosklodowskite

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Uraninite & Cuprosklodowskite

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Description
Locality: 
Eureka Mine, Castell-estaó, La Torre de Cabdella, La Vall Fosca, Lleida, Catalonia, Spain
Size Range: 
Thumbnail (1-3cm)
Size: 
2.7 × 2.4 × 2.2 cm
Description

Interesting specimen featuring a vein of black uraninite on matrix with massive green cuprosklodowskite.

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Uraninite

Formula: 
UO2
Strunz: 
4.DL.05
Crystal System: 
Isometric
Hardness: 
5.0 - 6.0
Type Locality: 
Jáchymov (St Joachimsthal), Jáchymov District (St Joachimsthal), Krušné Hory Mts (Erzgebirge), Karlovy Vary Region, Bohemia (Böhmen; Boehmen), Czech Republic

Cuprosklodowskite

Formula: 
Cu(UO2)2[HSiO4]2·6H2O
Strunz: 
9.AK.10
Hardness: 
4.0
Type Locality: 
Kalongwe deposit, Katanga (Shaba), Democratic Republic of Congo (Zaïre)
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