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Nickelzippeite & Native Gold

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Nickelzippeite & Native Gold

EDS & Raman confirmed specimen no 19-11-25-sk17

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Description
Locality: 
Shinkolobwe Mine, Shinkolobwe, Kambove, Haut-Katanga, DR Congo
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Thumbnail (1-3cm)
Size: 
1.6 × 1.4 × 1.3 cm
Description

Orange red nickelzippeite associatd with native gold in U matrix. 

Specimen has been analysed. Analysis attached. 

 

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Nickelzippeite

Formula: 
Ni(UO2)2(SO4)O2·3.5H2O (?)
Group Parent: 
Zippeite Group
Strunz: 
7.EC.05
Crystal System: 
Monoclinic
Hardness: 
5.0 - 5.5
Type Locality: 
Jáchymov (St Joachimsthal), Jáchymov District (St Joachimsthal), Krušné Hory Mts (Erzgebirge), Karlovy Vary Region, Bohemia (Böhmen; Boehmen), Czech Republic

Gold

Formula: 
Au
Strunz: 
1.AA.05
Crystal System: 
Isometric
Hardness: 
2.5 - 3.0