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Gauthierite Vandendriesscheite & Metaschoepite

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Gauthierite Vandendriesscheite & Metaschoepite

XRD & EDS confirmed no sk 5

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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 × 1.3 × 1.1 cm
Description

Yellow transparent gauthierite associated with curite (orange), soddyite (outer crystal rim), metaschoepite and orange vandendriesscheite from the Shinkolobwe mine, DR Congo. Analysis no sk5. The entire set of analysis can be send on request.

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