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Spriggite & Ni Analogue of Vermiculite

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Spriggite & Ni Analogue of Vermiculite

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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 × 1.2 × 0.9 cm
Description

Green Ni analogue of vermiculite as masses with hematite orange powdery spriggite and red wölsendorfite, yellow becquerelite and minor studtite as fibrous xls. 

SEM-EDS & XRD confirmed no MA1527. 

 

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Spriggite

Formula: 
Pb3(UO2)6O8(OH)2·3H2O
Strunz: 
4.GC.15
Hardness: 
4.0 - 0.0
Type Locality: 
Mount Painter No. 2 workings, Mt Painter area, Arkaroola Region (Arkaroola Station), North Flinders Ranges, Flinders Ranges, South Australia, Australia