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Dewindtite & Metatorbernite

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Dewindtite & Metatorbernite

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Description
Locality: 
Menzenschwand, St Blasien, Baden-Württemberg, Germany
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Thumbnail (1-3cm)
Size: 
2 × 1.5 × 0.7 cm
Description

Intense yellow dewindtite with light green metatorbernite on matrix.

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Dewindtite

Formula: 
H2Pb3(UO2)2(PO4)4O4·12H2O
Strunz: 
8.EC.10
Crystal System: 
Orthorhombic
Hardness: 
0.0
Type Locality: 
Shinkolobwe Mine (Kasolo Mine), Shinkolobwe, Katanga Copper Crescent, Katanga (Shaba), Democratic Republic of Congo (Zaïre)

Metatorbernite

Formula: 
Cu(UO2)2(PO4)2·8H2O
Strunz: 
8.EB.10
Hardness: 
2.5
Type Locality: 
Schneeberg District, Erzgebirge, Saxony, Germany