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Metaschoepite

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Metaschoepite

EDS & PXRD confirmed specimen no 19-11-25-sk7

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Description
Locality: 
Shinkolobwe Mine, Shinkolobwe, Kambove, Haut-Katanga, DR Congo
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Thumbnail (1-3cm)
Size: 
2.3 × 1.3 × 1.3 cm
Description

Intense yellow PXRD & EDS confirmed metaschoepite on matrix. 

Analysis attached to the analytical section. 

 

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Metaschoepite

Formula: 
UO3·1-2H2O
Strunz: 
4.GA.05
Hardness: 
0.0
Type Locality: 
Shinkolobwe Mine (Kasolo Mine), Shinkolobwe, Katanga Copper Crescent, Katanga (Shaba), Democratic Republic of Congo (Zaïre)
Analysis
Analysis Report - only: Metaschoepite
Analysis Report - only: Metaschoepite