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Vandendriesscheite & Ianthinite & Marthozite

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Vandendriesscheite & Ianthinite & Marthozite

EDS & XRD confirmed specimen no 11-09-sh

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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 × 1.7 × 1.8 cm
Description

Face-rich orange vandendriesscheite associated with schoepite & ianthinite and green marthozite.  The marthozite is a new find for the Shinkolobwe mine. Analysis attached. 

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Vandendriesscheite

Formula: 
PbU7O22·12H2O
Strunz: 
4.GB.40
Hardness: 
3.0
Type Locality: 
Shinkolobwe Mine (Kasolo Mine), Shinkolobwe, Katanga Copper Crescent, Katanga (Shaba), Democratic Republic of Congo (Zaïre)

Ianthinite

Formula: 
U4+(UO2)5O7·10H2O
Strunz: 
4.GA.10
Crystal System: 
Orthorhombic
Hardness: 
2.0 - 3.0
Type Locality: 
Shinkolobwe Mine (Kasolo Mine), Shinkolobwe, Katanga Copper Crescent, Katanga (Shaba), Democratic Republic of Congo (Zaïre)

Marthozite

Formula: 
Cu(UO2)3(SeO3)2(OH)2·8H2O
Strunz: 
4.JJ.05
Hardness: 
0.0
Type Locality: 
Musonoi Mine, Kolwezi, Kolwezi District, Katanga Copper Crescent, Katanga (Shaba), Democratic Republic of Congo (Zaïre)
Analysis
Analysis Report - only: Vandendriesscheite & Ianthinite & Marthozite
Analysis Report - only: Vandendriesscheite & Ianthinite & Marthozite
Analysis Report - only: Vandendriesscheite & Ianthinite & Marthozite