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Triangulite

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Triangulite

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Description
Locality: 
Kobokobo Pegmatite, Mwenga, South Kivu, DR Congo
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Thumbnail (1-3cm)
Size: 
2.3 × 1.9 × 1.7 cm
Description

Many intense yellow triangulite impregnations in pegmatitic matrix from the famous Kobokobo pegmatite. The minerals formed in this pegmatite are mostly very unusual Al U phosphates. 

 

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Triangulite

Formula: 
Al3(UO2)4(PO4)4(OH)5·5H2O
Strunz: 
8.EB.45
Hardness: 
0.0
Type Locality: 
Kobokobo pegmatite, Mwenga, Sud-Kivu, Democratic Republic of Congo (Zaïre)