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Upalite

EDS & XRD confirmed specimen no 19-11-25-kobo2

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Description
Locality: 
Kobokobo Pegmatite, Mwenga, South Kivu, DR Congo
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Thumbnail (1-3cm)
Size: 
2.4 × 1.3 × 0.8 cm
Description

EDS & XRD confirmed specimen no 19-11-25-kobo2 hosting yellow-green upalite and orange masses that were determined as mixture of rutherfordine, metaschoepite by XRD and EDS. 

Analysis can be viewed in the analysis section.  First and second show upalite, third and fourth rutherfordin and metaschoepite. 

Extremely rare. 

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Upalite

Formula: 
Al(UO2)3(PO4)2O(OH)·7H2O
Strunz: 
8.EC.05
Crystal System: 
Monoclinic
Hardness: 
0.0
Type Locality: 
Kobokobo pegmatite, Mwenga, Sud-Kivu, Democratic Republic of Congo (Zaïre)
Analysis
Analysis Report - only: Upalite
Analysis Report - only: Upalite
Analysis Report - only: Upalite
Analysis Report - only: Upalite