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Gauthierite Vandendriesscheite & Metaschoepite

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Gauthierite Vandendriesscheite & Metaschoepite

EDS & XRD conf. 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: 
Small miniature (3-4.5 cm)
Size: 
3 × 2.5 × 2.3 cm
Description

EDS & XRD conf. specimen no 19-11-25-sk5 hosting thick tabular orange gauthierite, orange red vandendriesscheite and yellow clear metaschoepite crystals. Filigrane beige fibrous is rutherfordine. 

Analysis is in the analysis section and for gauthierite and vandendriesscheite. 

 

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)

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)

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: Gauthierite Vandendriesscheite & Metaschoepite
Analysis Report - only: Gauthierite Vandendriesscheite & Metaschoepite
Analysis Report - only: Gauthierite Vandendriesscheite & Metaschoepite