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Becquerelite & Masuyite

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Becquerelite & Masuyite

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Description
Locality: 
Shinkolobwe Mine, Shinkolobwe, Kambove, Haut-Katanga, DR Congo
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Thumbnail (1-3cm)
Size: 
1.9 × 0.9 × 0.8 cm
Description

Yellow becquerelite with massive orange masuyite from the Shinkolobwe mine, DR Congo. 

SEM-EDS & SXRD no 1469. 

 

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Becquerelite

Formula: 
Ca(UO2)6O4(OH)6·8H2O
Strunz: 
4.GB.10
Crystal System: 
Orthorhombic
Hardness: 
2.5
Streak: 
Yellow
Type Locality: 
Shinkolobwe Mine (Kasolo Mine), Shinkolobwe, Katanga Copper Crescent, Katanga (Shaba), Democratic Republic of Congo (Zaïre)

Masuyite

Formula: 
Pb(UO2)3O3(OH)2·3H2O
Strunz: 
4.GB.35
Crystal System: 
Monoclinic
Hardness: 
0.0
Type Locality: 
Shinkolobwe Mine (Kasolo Mine), Shinkolobwe, Katanga Copper Crescent, Katanga (Shaba), Democratic Republic of Congo (Zaïre)