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Kasolite

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Kasolite

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Description
Locality: 
Val Daone Mine, Limes, Daone, Chiese Valley, Trento Province, Trentino-Alto Adige, Italy
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Thumbnail (1-3cm)
Size: 
1.2 × 0.4 × 0.3 cm
Description

Beautiful yellow acicular kasolite with torbernite in limonitic matrix. P-XRD confirmed material. Analysis attached!

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Kasolite

Formula: 
Pb(UO2)[SiO4]·H2O
Strunz: 
9.AK.15
Hardness: 
4.0 - 5.0
Type Locality: 
Shinkolobwe Mine (Kasolo Mine), Shinkolobwe, Katanga Copper Crescent, Katanga (Shaba), Democratic Republic of Congo (Zaïre)
Analysis
Analysis Report - only: Kasolite