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Saléeite Sklodowskite & Uranophane

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Saléeite Sklodowskite & Uranophane

EDS conf. specimen no 19-11-25-sk4

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Description
Locality: 
Kamoto East Open Cut, Kamoto, Kolwezi, Lualaba, DR Congo
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Small miniature (3-4.5 cm)
Size: 
3.2 × 2.4 × 2.4 cm
Description

Tabular green saléeite associated with opaque uranophane and transparent yellow sklodowskite. The specimen has been analysed and data can be viewed in the analytical section. 

In the analysis section the first image shows saleeite, second uranophane and third sklodowskite. 

 

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Saléeite

Formula: 
Mg(UO2)2(PO4)2·10H2O
Strunz: 
8.EB.05
Hardness: 
2.0 - 3.0
Type Locality: 
Weißer Hirsch Mine (Shaft 3), Neustädtel, Schneeberg District, Erzgebirge, Saxony, Germany

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)

Uranophane

Formula: 
Ca(UO2)2[HSiO4]2·5H2O
Strunz: 
9.AK.15
Crystal System: 
Monoclinic
Hardness: 
2.0 - 3.0
Type Locality: 
Miedzianka (Kupferberg), Jelenia Góra District, Rudawy Janowickie Mts, Lower Silesia (Dolnośląskie), Poland
Analysis
Analysis Report - only: Saléeite Sklodowskite & Uranophane
Analysis Report - only: Saléeite Sklodowskite & Uranophane
Analysis Report - only: Saléeite Sklodowskite & Uranophane