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Umohoite & Vanmeersscheite

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Umohoite & Vanmeersscheite

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Description
Locality: 
Shinkolobwe Mine, Shinkolobwe, Kambove, Haut-Katanga, DR Congo
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Micromount (under 1cm)
Size: 
0.7 × 0.4 × 0.15 cm
Description

Orange red umohoite with vanmeerscheite from the Shinkolobwe mine, Katanga, DR Congo. 

 

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Umohoite

Formula: 
(UO2)MoO4·2H2O
Strunz: 
4.GC.10
Crystal System: 
Monoclinic
Hardness: 
2.0
Type Locality: 
Freedom No. 2 Mine, Marysvale District (Marysvale Uranium area), Piute Co., Utah, USA

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)