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Moreauite

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Moreauite

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Description
Locality: 
Kobokobo Pegmatite, Mwenga, South Kivu, DR Congo
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Thumbnail (1-3cm)
Size: 
2.5 × 1.7 × 1 cm
Description

Very good moreauite crystals associated with other Al-U phosphates from the Kobokobo pegmatite. SEM-EDS analysis is in accordance with the Al/U/P ratio of moreauite. 

 

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Moreauite

Formula: 
Al3(UO2)(PO4)3(OH)2·13H2O
Strunz: 
8.ED.05
Hardness: 
0.0
Type Locality: 
Kobokobo pegmatite, Mwenga, Sud-Kivu, Democratic Republic of Congo (Zaïre)