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Sklodowskite

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Sklodowskite

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Description
Locality: 
Kamoto East Open Cut, Kamoto, Kolwezi, Lualaba, DR Congo
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Thumbnail (1-3cm)
Size: 
1.5 × 1.2 × 0.5 cm
Description

Intense yellow sklodowskite crystal group on matrix. Old material from a systematic collection. 

 

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Sklodowskite

Formula: 
Mg(UO2)2[HSiO4]2·5H2O
Strunz: 
9.AK.10
Hardness: 
2.0 - 3.0
Streak: 
Yellow
Type Locality: 
Shinkolobwe Mine (Kasolo Mine), Shinkolobwe, Katanga Copper Crescent, Katanga (Shaba), Democratic Republic of Congo (Zaïre)