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Torbernite & Parsonsite

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Torbernite & Parsonsite

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Description
Locality: 
Pinhal do Souto Mine, Tragos, Mangualde, Viseu District, Portugal
Size Range: 
Small miniature (3-4.5 cm)
Size: 
4 × 3.2 × 1.6 cm
Description

Parsonsite and torbernite in combination with an unknown nodular mineral, maybe parsonsite as well.

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Torbernite

Formula: 
Cu(UO2)2(PO4)2·12H2O
Strunz: 
8.EB.05
Crystal System: 
Tetragonal
Hardness: 
2.0 - 2.5
Type Locality: 
Johanngeorgenstadt, Johanngeorgenstadt District, Erzgebirge, Saxony, Germany

Parsonsite

Formula: 
Pb2(UO2)(PO4)2·2H2O
Strunz: 
8.EA.10
Hardness: 
2.5 - 3.0
Type Locality: 
Shinkolobwe Mine (Kasolo Mine), Shinkolobwe, Katanga Copper Crescent, Katanga (Shaba), Democratic Republic of Congo (Zaïre)