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Nickelzippeite

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Description
Locality: 
Shinkolobwe Mine, Shinkolobwe, Kambove, Haut-Katanga, DR Congo
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Thumbnail (1-3cm)
Size: 
1.3 × 1.2 × 1.1 cm
Description

Orange nickelzippeite from the Shinkolobwe mine, DR Congo. 

SEM-EDS & Raman confirmed. Analysis no sk17. Analysis in the analytical section, right to the description tab on this website. 

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Nickelzippeite

Formula: 
Ni(UO2)2(SO4)O2·3.5H2O (?)
Group Parent: 
Zippeite Group
Strunz: 
7.EC.05
Crystal System: 
Monoclinic
Hardness: 
5.0 - 5.5
Type Locality: 
Jáchymov (St Joachimsthal), Jáchymov District (St Joachimsthal), Krušné Hory Mts (Erzgebirge), Karlovy Vary Region, Bohemia (Böhmen; Boehmen), Czech Republic
Analysis
Analysis Report - only: Nickelzippeite
Analysis Report - only: Nickelzippeite
Analysis Report - only: Nickelzippeite