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Studtite

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Description
Locality: 
Wölsendorf, Upper Palatinate, Bavaria, Germany
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Thumbnail (1-3cm)
Size: 
2.5 × 2 × 1.4 cm
Description

Pale to colourless studtite with more intense yellow uranophane. 

Studtite could be confirmed recently by Raman & SEM-EDS. 

References: Desor, J. Raman & SEM-EDS spectroscopy on material from Wölsendorf.

 

Mineral Data
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Studtite

Formula: 
[(UO2)(O2)(H2O)2]·H2O
Strunz: 
4.GA.15
Hardness: 
0.0
Type Locality: 
Shinkolobwe Mine (Kasolo Mine), Shinkolobwe, Katanga Copper Crescent, Katanga (Shaba), Democratic Republic of Congo (Zaïre)