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Gauthierite

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Gauthierite

EDS & XRD confirmed specimen no 19-11-25-sk5

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Description
Locality: 
Shinkolobwe Mine, Shinkolobwe, Kambove, Haut-Katanga, DR Congo
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Thumbnail (1-3cm)
Size: 
2.1 × 1.2 × 0.7 cm
Description

EDS & XRD confirmed tabular orange gauthierite associated with yellow metaschoepite, filigrane rutherfordine and orange vandendriesscheite. Vandendriesscheite appears to be more intense orange with many crystal faces. 

 

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Gauthierite

Formula: 
KPb[(UO2)7O5(OH)7]·8H2O
Crystal System: 
Monoclinic
Type Locality: 
Shinkolobwe Mine (Kasolo Mine), Shinkolobwe, Katanga Copper Crescent, Katanga (Shaba), Democratic Republic of Congo (Zaïre)