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Ranunculite Mundite & Althupite

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Ranunculite Mundite & Althupite

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Description
Locality: 
Kobokobo Pegmatite, Mwenga, South Kivu, DR Congo
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Thumbnail (1-3cm)
Size: 
2.8 × 1.4 × 0.7 cm
Description

Intense yellow-orange ranunculite crystal groups associated with very pale mundite. The threadgoldite is present as powdery inclusions in brownish parts of the hosting rock. Analysis attached.

 

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Ranunculite

Formula: 
HAl(UO2)(PO4)(OH)3·4H2O
Strunz: 
8.EB.40
Crystal System: 
Monoclinic
Hardness: 
3.0
Colour: 
Yellow
Type Locality: 
Kobokobo pegmatite, Mwenga, Sud-Kivu, Democratic Republic of Congo (Zaïre)

Mundite

Formula: 
Al(UO2)3(PO4)2(OH)3·5.5H2O
Strunz: 
8.EC.30
Hardness: 
0.0
Type Locality: 
Kobokobo pegmatite, Mwenga, Sud-Kivu, Democratic Republic of Congo (Zaïre)

Althupite

Formula: 
AlTh(UO2)7(PO4)4(OH)5O2·15H2O
Strunz: 
8.EC.25
Crystal System: 
Triclinic
Hardness: 
3.5 - 4.0
Colour: 
Yellow
Streak: 
Yellow
Type Locality: 
Kobokobo pegmatite, Mwenga, Sud-Kivu, Democratic Republic of Congo (Zaïre)
Analysis
Analysis Report - only: Ranunculite Mundite & Althupite
Analysis Report - only: Ranunculite Mundite & Althupite
Analysis Report - only: Ranunculite Mundite & Althupite
Analysis Report - only: Ranunculite Mundite & Althupite