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Rutherfordine & Soddyite

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Rutherfordine & Soddyite

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Description
Locality: 
Musonoi Mine, Kolwezi, Lualaba, DR Congo
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Miniature (4.5-7 cm)
Size: 
6.3 × 2.4 × 2.5 cm
Description

Thick prismatic and flat long prismatic soddyite "needles" associated with beige to pale brown rutherfordin from the Musonoi mine, Kolwezi, DR Congo.  

SEM-EDS & SXRD confirmed no MA1523. Comes with a colour printed analysis. 

 

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Rutherfordine

Formula: 
(UO2)CO3
Strunz: 
5.EB.05
Crystal System: 
Orthorhombic
Hardness: 
0.0
Streak: 
White
Type Locality: 
Lukwengule, Uluguru Mts (Uruguru Mts), Morogoro Region, Tanzania

Soddyite

Formula: 
(UO2)2SiO4·2H2O
Strunz: 
9.AK.05
Hardness: 
3.0 - 4.0
Type Locality: 
Shinkolobwe Mine (Kasolo Mine), Shinkolobwe, Katanga Copper Crescent, Katanga (Shaba), Democratic Republic of Congo (Zaïre)