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Cuprosklodowskite & Kasolite

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Cuprosklodowskite & Kasolite

P-XRD analysed

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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: 
Small miniature (3-4.5 cm)
Size: 
3 × 1.8 × 1.4 cm
Description

This is a somewhat good cuprosklodowskite & kasolite sample from the Val Daone mine, famous for the alwilkinisite-Y. The sample also features a variety of lath-like and face rich crystals of anglesite (P-XRD conf.). Limited find. 

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Cuprosklodowskite

Formula: 
Cu(UO2)2[HSiO4]2·6H2O
Strunz: 
9.AK.10
Hardness: 
4.0
Type Locality: 
Kalongwe deposit, Katanga (Shaba), Democratic Republic of Congo (Zaïre)

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)