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Ranunculite

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Ranunculite

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Description
Locality: 
Kobokobo Pegmatite, Mwenga, South Kivu, DR Congo
Class: 
Massive/Crystalline
Size Range: 
Thumbnail (1-3cm)
Size: 
2 × 1.5 × 0.4 cm
Description

Yellow ranunculite masses on matrix. Type locality!

References:

[Mineralogical Magazine(1979) 43, 321-323; MinRec 11:112]

 

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Ranunculite

Formula: 
HAl(UO2)(PO4)(OH)3·4H2O
Strunz: 
8.EB.40
Crystal System: 
Monoclinic
Hardness: 
3.0
Colour: 
Yellow
Type Locality: 
Kobokobo pegmatite, Mwenga, Sud-Kivu, Democratic Republic of Congo (Zaïre)