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Fourmarierite & Vandendriesscheite

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Fourmarierite & Vandendriesscheite

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Description
Locality: 
Shinkolobwe Mine, Shinkolobwe, Kambove, Haut-Katanga, DR Congo
Class: 
Crystal Group/Cluster
Size Range: 
Micromount (under 1cm)
Size: 
0.7 × 0.4 × 0.3 cm
Description

A well-formed pointed, deep orange tabular fourmarierite crystal with some sharp orange vandendriesscheite crystals.

Nice small sample!

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Fourmarierite

Formula: 
Pb(UO2)4O3(OH)4·4H2O
Strunz: 
4.GB.25
Crystal System: 
Orthorhombic
Hardness: 
3.0 - 4.0
Type Locality: 
Shinkolobwe Mine (Kasolo Mine), Shinkolobwe, Katanga Copper Crescent, Katanga (Shaba), Democratic Republic of Congo (Zaïre)

Vandendriesscheite

Formula: 
PbU7O22·12H2O
Strunz: 
4.GB.40
Hardness: 
3.0
Type Locality: 
Shinkolobwe Mine (Kasolo Mine), Shinkolobwe, Katanga Copper Crescent, Katanga (Shaba), Democratic Republic of Congo (Zaïre)

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